Markers Related to Age-Related Macular Degeneration and Uses Therefor

ABSTRACT

Methods are provided of screening for age-related macular degeneration (AMD), including a risk of a subject devel - oping AMD or a risk of a subject progressing to an advanced fom of AMD. The methods can include analyzing a sample obtained from the subject for the presence of at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) selected from the group consisting of rs4711751, rs6982567, rs1999930, rs13278062, rs1912795, rs2270637, rs12040406, rs1367068, rs1079982, rs1443179, rs7720497, and/or rs6 1800454.

REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims priority to and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/422,905, filed on Dec. 14, 2010; U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/444,482, filed on Feb. 18, 2011; and U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/529,817, filed on Aug. 31, 2011. The entire disclosure of each of the above-identified applications is incorporated by reference.

STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY FUNDED RESEARCH

This invention was made with government support under grant number RO1 EY11309 awarded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Eye Institute. The government has certain rights in the invention.

BACKGROUND

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the most common geriatric eye disorder leading to blindness. Macular degeneration is responsible for visual handicap in what is estimated conservatively to be approximately 16 million individuals worldwide. Among the elderly, the overall prevalence is estimated between 5.7% and 30% depending on the definition of early AMD, and its differentiation from features of normal aging, a distinction that remains poorly understood.

Histopathologically, the hallmark of early neovascular AMD is accumulation of extracellular drusen and basal laminar deposit (abnormal material located between the plasma membrane and basal lamina of the retinal pigment epithelium) and basal linear deposit (material located between the basal lamina of the retinal pigment epithelium and the inner collageneous zone of Bruch's membrane). The end stage of AMD is characterized by a complete degeneration of the neurosensory retina and of the underlying retinal pigment epithelium in the macular area. Advanced stages of AMD can be subdivided into geographic atrophy and exudative AMD. Geographic atrophy is characterized by progressive atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium. In exudative AMD the key phenomenon is the occurrence of choroidal neovascularisation (CNV). Eyes with CNV have varying degrees of reduced visual acuity, depending on location, size, type and age of the neovascular lesion. The development of choroidal neovascular membranes can be considered a late complication in the natural course of the disease possibly due to tissue disruption (Bruch's membrane) and decompensation of the underlying longstanding processes of AMD.

Many pathophysiological aspects as well as vascular and environmental risk factors are associated with a progression of the disease. Family, twin, segregation, and case-control studies all suggested an involvement of genetic factors in the etiology of AMD prior to the discovery of various genes associated with AMD.

Knowledge is growing about the extent of heritability, number of genes involved, and mechanisms underlying phenotypic heterogeneity. The search for genes and markers related to AMD faces challenges—onset is late in life, and there is usually only one generation available for studies. The parents of patients are often deceased, and their children are too young to manifest the disease. Generally, the heredity of late-onset diseases has been difficult to estimate because of the uncertainties of the diagnosis in previous generations and the inability to diagnose AMD among the children of an affected individual. Even in the absence of the ambiguities in the diagnosis of AMD in previous generations, the late onset of the condition itself, natural death rates, and small family sizes result in underestimation of genetic forms of AMD, and in overestimation of rates of sporadic disease. Moreover, the phenotypic variability is considerable, and it is conceivable that the currently used diagnostic entity of AMD in fact represents a spectrum of underlying conditions with various genetic and environmental factors involved.

There remains a strong need for improved methods of diagnosing or prognosticating AMD or a susceptibility to AMD in subjects, as well as for evaluating and developing new methods of treatment.

SUMMARY

The application relates, in part, to the identification of numerous genetic markers which are associated with the presence or progression of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in an individual. More specifically, methods are provided for diagnosing a risk of an individual developing AMD or progressing to advanced forms of AMD (e.g., geographic atrophy and/or wet AMD) using these genetic markers.

For example, in one aspect the invention provides a method of screening for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a human subject. The method can include determining a risk of AMD progression in the subject by analyzing a sample obtained from the subject for the presence in the subject's genome of at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) identified in Tables 3-10, or a proxy therefor. In some embodiments, a proxy is a marker that is in linkage disequilibrium with a particular SNP or marker of interest. The presence of a SNP indicates that the subject has an increased risk of developing AMD or developing an advanced form of AMD. The markers can be used individually or in combination when screening a subject. Preferred SNPs include, but are not limited to, rs4711751 (VEGF), rs1999930 (COL10A1/FRK), rs13278062 (TNFRSF10A), rs 1912795 (B3GALTL), rs2270637 (SLC18A1), rs6982567 (GDF6), rs12040406 and rs1367068 (CD55), rs1079982 (CARD10), rs1443179 (INTU), rs7720497 (ADAMTS16), and rs61800454 (TMCO1). In some embodiments, the presence of a particular SNP indicates the subject has an increased risk of developing AMD. In some embodiments, the presence of a particular SNP indicates the subject has an increased risk of developing an advanced form of AMD, such as geographic atrophy and/or wet AMD, which also is referred to as neovascular disease, choroidal neovascularisation (CNV), and exudative AMD.

Various techniques can be used for analyzing a sample to determine the presence of a SNP in the subject's genome. For example, in some embodiments, the method of screening can include the steps of (i) combining a nucleic acid sample from the subject with one or more polynucleotide probes capable of hybridizing selectively to a particular SNP (e.g., any SNP identified in Tables 3-10) or gene allele, or a proxy therefor, and (ii) detecting the presence or absence of hybridization. The probes can be oligonucleotides capable of priming polynucleotide synthesis in an amplification reaction, such as PCR or real time PCR. In some embodiments, the presence of at least one SNP is determined using a microarray. In various embodiments, the presence of at least one SNP is determined by sequencing a portion of the patient's genome.

In some embodiments, the patient is asymptomatic at the time of screening for AMD, and in some embodiments, the patient displays one or more AMD like symptoms at the time of screening.

In some embodiments, the method includes detecting a haplotypes that includes a particular SNP (e.g., any SNP listed in Tables 3-10).

In some embodiments, the method includes screening for a specific subtype of AMD, such as, for example, early AMD, geographic atrophy, wet AMD, neovascular disease, choroidal neovascularisation (CNV), exudative AMD, and combinations thereof.

The invention also provides, in part, a diagnostic system. The diagnostic system can include an array of polynucleotides comprising one or more of SEQ ID NOS:1-15, or any reference sequences corresponding to the SNPs identified in Tables 2-10. The polynucleotides can include at least six or more contiguous nucleotides, and the polynucleotides can include an allelic polymorphism or SNP. The system also can include an array reader, an image processor, a database having AMD allelic data records and patient information records, a processor, and an information output. The system compiles and processes patient data and outputs information relating to the statistical probability of the patient developing AMD.

The system can be used for various methods, including contacting a subject sample or portion thereof to the diagnostic array under high stringency hybridization conditions; inputting patient information into the system; and obtaining from the system information relating to the statistical probability of the patient developing AMD.

Further provided are methods for diagnosing risk of AMD or severe forms of AMD in a human subject. The method includes combining genetic risk with behavioral risk, wherein the genetic risk is determined by detecting in a sample obtained from a subject the presence or absence of a single nucleotide polymorphism SNP listed in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, or proxy therefor, wherein the presence of the allele is indicative of an increased risk of the subject developing AMD or a severe form of AMD. In various embodiments, behavioral risk is assessed by determining if the subject exhibits a behavior or trait selected from: obesity, smoking, vitamin and dietary supplement intake, use of alcohol or drugs, poor diet, a sedentary lifestyle, medical history of heart disease or other vascular disease, and medical history of kidney or liver disease.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

The figures are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead generally being placed upon illustrative principles. The figures are to be considered illustrative in all aspects and are not intended to limit the invention, the scope of which is defined only by the claims.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are nucleic acid sequences of VEGFA and GDF6 SNPs, respectively, in accordance with an illustrative embodiment.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are graphs showing a preliminary χ2 association analysis, in accordance with an illustrative embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a graph showing 80% power to detect a biallelic CNV, in accordance with an illustrative embodiment.

FIGS. 5.1 and 5.2 are nucleic acid sequences of various SNPs, in accordance with an illustrative embodiment.

FIGS. 6 a-d show the FRI/COL10A1 region and VEGFA region, and association with AMD, in accordance with an illustrative embodiment.

FIG. 7 shows distribution of genetic ancestry estimated by EIGENSOFT, in accordance with an illustrative embodiment.

FIG. 8 shows quantile-quantile (Q;Q) plots, in accordance with an illustrative embodiment.

FIG. 9 shows a Manhattan-Plot, in accordance with an illustrative embodiment.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The present invention relates, in part, to the discovery that particular alleles at polymorphic sites associated with genes, including alpha chain of type X collagen (COL10A1), vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) and growth/differentiation factor 6 (GDF6) are useful as markers for AMD etiology, for determining susceptibility to AMD, and for predicting or monitoring disease progression or severity, e.g., to determine a treatment course and/or to titrate dosages of therapeutic agents. More specifically, and by non-limiting example, the single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) rs4711751 in the VEGFA gene and rs6982567 in the GDF6 gene can be used as markers for AMD etiology, for determining susceptibility to AMD, and for predicting disease progression or severity, and for distinguishing risk of geographic atrophy, the advanced dry type of AMD from the advanced wet form of AMD. In addition, Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 list additional polymorphisms that are also useful as such markers. Furthermore, genes and/or markers in linkage disequilibrium with these SNPs provide additional such markers.

As used herein, “gene” is a term used to describe a genetic element that gives rise to expression products (e.g., pre-mRNA, mRNA and polypeptides). A gene can include regulatory elements, exons and sequences that otherwise appear to have only structural features, e.g., introns and untranslated regions.

The genetic markers disclosed herein are particular “alleles” at “polymorphic sites” associated with various genes, including VEGFA, GFD6, and any markers identified in tables 3-10. A nucleotide position at which more than one nucleotide can be present in a population (either a natural population or a synthetic population, e.g., a library of synthetic molecules), is referred to herein as a “polymorphic site”. Where a polymorphic site is a single nucleotide in length, the site is referred to as a single nucleotide polymorphism (“SNP”). If at a particular chromosomal location, for example, one member of a population has an adenine and another member of the population has a thymine at the same genomic position, then this position is a polymorphic site, and, more specifically, the polymorphic site is a SNP. Polymorphic sites can allow for differences in sequences based on substitutions, insertions or deletions. Each version of the sequence with respect to the polymorphic site is referred to herein as an “allele” of the polymorphic site. Thus, in the previous example, the SNP allows for both an adenine allele and a thymine allele.

A genetic marker is “associated” with a genetic element or phenotypic trait, for example, if the marker is co-present with the genetic element or phenotypic trait at a frequency that is higher than would be predicted by random assortment of alleles (based on the allele frequencies of the particular population). Association also indicates physical association, e.g., proximity in the genome or presence in a haplotype block, of a marker and a genetic element.

A reference sequence is typically referred to for a particular genetic element, e.g., a gene. The reference sequence, often chosen as the most frequently occurring allele, is referred to as a “wild type” allele or the “major allele”). Alleles that are more common or less common in individuals with a disease/trait compared to individuals without the disease/trait, with a certain level of statistical significance, are referred to as the variant alleles. The corresponding genotype is referred to as a genetic variant.

Some variant alleles can include changes that affect a polypeptide or protein, e.g., the polypeptide encoded by a variant allele. These sequence differences, when compared to a reference nucleotide sequence, can include, for example, the insertion or deletion of a single nucleotide, or of more than one nucleotide, resulting in a frame shift; the change of at least one nucleotide, resulting in a change in the encoded amino acid; the change of at least one nucleotide, resulting in the generation of a premature stop codon; the deletion of several nucleotides, resulting in a deletion of one or more amino acids encoded by the nucleotides; the insertion of one or several nucleotides, such as by unequal recombination or gene conversion, resulting in an interruption of the coding sequence of a reading frame; duplication of all or a part of a sequence; transposition; or a rearrangement of a nucleotide sequence.

Alternatively, a polymorphism associated with AMD or a susceptibility to AMD can be a synonymous change in one or more nucleotides (i.e., a change that does not result in a change to a codon of a complement pathway gene). Such a polymorphism can, for example, alter splice sites, affect the stability or transport of mRNA, or otherwise affect the transcription or translation of the polypeptide. The polypeptide encoded by the reference nucleotide sequence is the “reference” polypeptide with a particular reference amino acid sequence, and polypeptides encoded by variant alleles are referred to as “variant” polypeptides with variant amino acid sequences.

A haplotype is a combination or set of genetic markers, e.g., particular alleles at polymorphic sites, such as, e.g., SNPs and/or microsatellites. The haplotypes described herein are associated with AMD and/or a susceptibility to AMD. Detection of the presence or absence of the haplotypes herein, therefore, is indicative of AMD, is indicative of a susceptibility to AMD, is indicative of a factor related to progression from early to intermediate or late stages of AMD, is indicative of progression from intermediate to late stages of AMD, or is indicative of a lack of AMD. Detecting haplotypes, therefore, can be accomplished by methods known in the art for detecting sequences at polymorphic sites.

“Linkage” refers to a higher than expected statistical association of genotypes and/or phenotypes with each other. Linkage disequilibrium (“LD”) refers to a non-random assortment of two genetic elements. If a particular genetic element (e.g., an allele at a polymorphic site), for example, occurs in a population at a frequency of 0.25 and another occurs at a frequency of 0.25, then the predicted occurrence of a person's having both elements is 0.125, assuming a random distribution of the elements. If, however, it is discovered that the two elements occur together at a frequency higher than 0.125, then the elements are said to be in LD since they tend to be inherited together at a higher frequency than what their independent allele frequencies would predict. Roughly speaking, LD is generally correlated with the frequency of recombination events between the two elements. Allele frequencies can be determined in a population, for example, by genotyping individuals in a population and determining the occurrence of each allele in the population. For populations of diploid individuals, e.g., human populations, individuals will typically have two alleles for each genetic element (e.g., a marker or gene).

The invention is also directed to markers identified in a “haplotype block” or “LD block”. These blocks are defined either by their physical proximity to a genetic element, e.g., a VEGFA, GDF6, or the other markers provided herein, or by their “genetic distance” from the element. Markers and haplotypes identified in these blocks, because of their association with AMD and VEGFA, GDF6, or the markers identified herein, are encompassed by the invention. One of sk111 in the art will appreciate regions of chromosomes that recombine infrequently and regions of chromosomes that are “hotspots”, e.g., exhibiting frequent recombination events, are descriptive of LD blocks. Regions of infrequent recombination events bounded by hotspots will form a block that will be maintained during cell division. Thus, identification of a marker associated with a phenotype, wherein the marker is contained within an LD block, identifies the block as associated with the phenotype. Any marker identified within the block can therefore be used to indicate the phenotype.

Additional markers that are in LD with the markers of the invention or haplotypes are referred to herein as “surrogate” markers (i.e., “proxy” markers). Such a surrogate is a marker for another marker or another surrogate marker. Surrogate markers are themselves markers and are indicative of the presence of another marker, which is in turn indicative of either another marker or an associated phenotype.

Susceptibility for developing AMD includes an asymptomatic patient showing increased risk to develop AMD, and a patient having early or intermediate stages of AMD indicating a progression toward more advanced forms of AMD and expected visual loss. Susceptibility for not developing AMD includes an asymptomatic patient having at least one wild type allele, or a non-risk genotype, or a protective genotype, or a non-risk allele, or a protective allele, or a non-risk haplotype, or a protective haplotype indicates a lack of a predisposition for developing AMD.

Genetic markers (e.g., SNPs) can be detected in nucleic acids (e.g., DNA or mRNA) in any suitable sample source obtained or taken from an individual, including blood, saliva, feces, bone, epithelial cells, endothelial cells, blood cells, and other bodily fluids, cells, and/or tissues.

Table 10 lists representative markers which are associated with AMD. These markers, or markers in linkage disequilibrium with these markers (e.g., R squared=0.2 or higher), can be used as markers for AMD etiology, for determining susceptibility to AMD, and for predicting disease progression or severity, and for distinguishing risk of geographic atrophy, the advanced dry type of AMD from the advanced wet form of AMD.

TABLE 10 Markers of AMD SNP GENE CHR BP(hg19) BP(hg18) BEST-P rs4711751 VEGF 6 43828582 43936560 8.7E−09 rs1999930 COL10A1/FRK 6 116387134 116493827 1.1E−08 rs13278062 TNFRSF10A 8 23082971 23138916 3.8E−06 rs1912795 B3GALTL 13 31838688 30736688 3.2E−05 rs2270637 SLC18A1 8 20036827 20081107 3.8E−06 rs6982567 GDF6 8 96750281 96819457 6.1E−06 rs12040406 CD55 1 207449304 205515927 2.8E−07 rs1367068 1 207394941 205461564 2.1E−07 rs1079982 CARD10 22 37929759 36259705 3.0E−06 rs1443179 INTU 4 128276322 128495772 1.4E−06 rs7720497 ADAMTS16 5 5238813 5291813 3.5E−06 rs61800454 TMCO1 1 165720343 163986967 5.4E−05

Diagnostic Gene Array

In one aspect, the invention comprises an array of gene fragments, particularly nucleic acids including one or more SNPs given as SEQ ID NOS:1-15 and/or sequences including the SNPs identified in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10 and probes for detecting the allele at the SNPs of one or more of SEQ ID NOS:1-15 and/or sequences including the SNPs identified in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Polynucleotide arrays provide a high throughput technique that can assay a large number of polynucleotide sequences in a single sample. This technology can be used, for example, as a diagnostic tool to assess the risk potential of developing AMD using the SNPs and probes of the invention. Polynucleotide arrays (for example, DNA or RNA arrays), include regions of usually different sequence polynucleotides arranged in a predetermined configuration on a substrate, at defined x and y coordinates. These regions (sometimes referenced as “features”) are positioned at respective locations (“addresses”) on the substrate. The arrays, when exposed to a sample, will exhibit an observed binding pattern. This binding pattern can be detected upon interrogating the array. For example, all polynucleotide targets (for example, DNA) in the sample can be labeled with a suitable label (such as a fluorescent compound), and the fluorescence pattern on the array accurately observed following exposure to the sample. Assuming that the different sequence polynucleotides were correctly deposited in accordance with the predetermined configuration, then the observed binding pattern will be indicative of the presence and/or concentration of one or more polynucleotide components of the sample.

Arrays can be fabricated by depositing previously obtained biopolymers onto a substrate, or by in situ synthesis methods. The substrate can be any supporting material to which polynucleotide probes can be attached, including but not limited to glass, nitrocellulose, silicon, and nylon. Polynucleotides can be bound to the substrate by either covalent bonds or by non-specific interactions, such as hydrophobic interactions. The in situ fabrication methods include those described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,449,754 for synthesizing peptide arrays, and in U.S. Pat. No. 6,180,351 and WO 98/41531 and the references cited therein for synthesizing polynucleotide arrays. Further details of fabricating biopolymer arrays are described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,242,266; U.S. Pat. No. 6,232,072; U.S. Pat. No. 6,180,351; U.S. Pat. No. 6,171,797; EP No. 0 799 897; PCT No. WO 97/29212; PCT No. WO 97/27317; EP No. 0 785 280; PCT No. WO 97/02357; U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,593,839; 5,578,832; EP No. 0 728 520; U.S. Pat. No. 5,599,695; EP No. 0 721 016; U.S. Pat. No. 5,556,752; PCT No. WO 95/22058; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,631,734. Other techniques for fabricating biopolymer arrays include known light directed synthesis techniques. Commercially available polynucleotide arrays, such as Affymetrix GeneChip™, can also be used. Use of the GeneChip™, to detect gene expression is described, for example, in Lockhart et al., Nat. Biotechnol., 14:1675, 1996; Chee et al., Science, 274:610, 1996; Hacia et al., Nat. Gen., 14:441, 1996; and Kozal et al., Nat. Med., 2:753, 1996. Other types of arrays are known in the art, and are sufficient for developing an AMD diagnostic array of the present invention.

To create the arrays, single-stranded polynucleotide probes can be spotted onto a substrate in a two-dimensional matrix or array. Each single-stranded polynucleotide probe can comprise at least 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, or 30 or more contiguous nucleotides selected from the nucleotide sequences shown in SEQ ID NO:1-15 and/or sequences including the SNPs identified in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, or the complement thereof. Preferred arrays comprise at least one single-stranded polynucleotide probe comprising at least 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, or 30 or more contiguous nucleotides selected from the nucleotide sequences shown in SEQ ID NO:1-15, and/or sequences including the SNPs identified in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, or the complement thereof.

Tissue samples from a subject can be treated to form single-stranded polynucleotides, for example by heating or by chemical denaturation, as is known in the art. The single-stranded polynucleotides in the tissue sample can then be labeled and hybridized to the polynucleotide probes on the array. Detectable labels that can be used include but are not limited to radiolabels, biotinylated labels, fluorophors, and chemiluminescent labels. Double stranded polynucleotides, comprising the labeled sample polynucleotides bound to polynucleotide probes, can be detected once the unbound portion of the sample is washed away. Detection can be visual or with computer assistance. Preferably, after the array has been exposed to a sample, the array is read with a reading apparatus (such as an array “scanner”) that detects the signals (such as a fluorescence pattern) from the array features. Such a reader preferably would have a very fine resolution (for example, in the range of five to twenty microns) for an array having closely spaced features.

The signal image resulting from reading the array can then be digitally processed to evaluate which regions (pixels) of read data belong to a given feature as well as to calculate the total signal strength associated with each of the features. The foregoing steps, separately or collectively, are referred to as “feature extraction” (U.S. Pat. No. 7,206,438). Using any of the feature extraction techniques so described, detection of hybridization of a patient derived polynucleotide sample with one of the AMD markers on the array given as SEQ ID NO:1-15 and/or sequences including the SNPs identified in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 identifies that subject as having or not having a genetic risk factor for AMD, as described above.

System for Analyzing Patient Data

In another aspect, the invention provides a system for compiling and processing patient data, and presenting a risk profile for developing AMD or for the progression to late stages. A computer aided medical data exchange system is preferred. The system is designed to provide high-quality medical care to a patient by facilitating the management of data available to care providers. The care providers will typically include physicians, surgeons, nurses, clinicians, various specialists, and so forth. It should be noted, however, that while general reference is made to a clinician in the present context, the care providers may also include clerical staff, insurance companies, teachers and students, and so forth. The system provides an interface, which allows the clinicians to exchange data with a data processing system. The data processing system is linked to an integrated knowledge base and a database.

The database may be software-based, and includes data access tools for drawing information from the various resources as described below, or coordinating or translating the access of such information. In general, the database will unify raw data into a useable form. Any suitable form may be employed, and multiple forms may be employed, where desired, including hypertext markup language (HTML) extended markup language (XML), Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM), Health Level Seven™ (HL7), and so forth. In the present context, the integrated knowledge base is considered to include any and all types of available medical data that can be processed by the data processing system and made available to the clinicians for providing the desired medical care. In general, data within the resources and knowledge base are digitized and stored to make the data available for extraction and analysis by the database and the data processing system. Even where more conventional data gathering resources are employed, the data is placed in a form that permits it to be identified and manipulated in the various types of analyses performed by the data processing system.

The integrated knowledge base is intended to include one or more repositories of medical-related data in a broad sense, as well as interfaces and translators between the repositories, and processing capabilities for carrying out desired operations on the data, including analysis, diagnosis, reporting, display and other functions. The data itself may relate to patient-specific characteristics as well as to non-patient specific information, as for classes of persons, machines, systems and so forth. Moreover, the repositories may include devoted systems for storing the data, or memory devices that are part of disparate systems, such as imaging systems. As noted above, the repositories and processing resources making up the integrated knowledge base may be expandable and may be physically resident at any number of locations, typically linked by dedicated or open network links. Furthermore, the data contained in the integrated knowledge base may include both clinical data (e.g., data relating specifically to a patient condition) and non-clinical data. Examples of preferred clinical data include patient medical histories, patient serum, plasma, and/or other biomarkers such as blood levels of certain other nutrients, fats, female and male hormones, etc., and cellular antioxidant levels, and the identification of past or current environmental, lifestyle and other factors that predispose a patient to develop AMD. These include but are not limited to various risk factors such as obesity, smoking, vitamin and dietary supplement intake, use of alcohol or drugs, poor diet, a sedentary lifestyle, medical history of heart disease or other vascular disease, and/or medical history of kidney or liver disease. Non-clinical data may include more general information about the patient, such as residential address, data relating to an insurance carrier, and names and addresses or phone numbers of significant or recent practitioners who have seen or cared for the patient, including primary care physicians, specialists, and so forth.

The flow of information can include a wide range of types and vehicles for information exchange. In general, the patient can interface with clinicians through conventional clinical visits, as well as remotely by telephone, electronic mail, forms, and so forth. The patient can also interact with elements of the resources via a range of patient data acquisition interfaces that can include conventional patient history forms, interfaces for imaging systems, systems for collecting and analyzing tissue samples, body fluids, and so forth. Interaction between the clinicians and the interface can take any suitable form, depending upon the nature of the interface. Thus, the clinicians can interact with the data processing system through conventional input devices such as keyboards, computer mice, touch screens, portable or remote input and reporting devices. The links between the interface, data processing system, the knowledge base, the database and the resources typically include computer data exchange interconnections, network connections, local area networks, wide area networks, dedicated networks, virtual private network, and so forth.

In general, the resources can be patient-specific or patient-related, that is, collected from direct access either physically or remotely (e.g., via computer link) from a patient. The resource data can also be population-specific so as to permit analysis of specific patient risks and conditions based upon comparisons to known population characteristics. It should be noted that the resources can generally be thought of as processes for generating data. While many of the systems and resources will themselves contain data, these resources are controllable and can be prescribed to the extent that they can be used to generate data as needed for appropriate treatment of the patient. Exemplary controllable and prescribable resources include, for example, a variety of data collection systems designed to detect physiological parameters of patients based upon sensed signals. Such electrical resources can include, for example, electroencephalography resources (EEG), electrocardiography resources (ECG), electromyography resources (EMG), electrical impedance tomography resources (EIT), nerve conduction test resources, electronystagmography resources (ENG), and combinations of such resources. Various imaging resources also can be controlled and prescribed as necessary. Exemplary eye tests include, for example, electrophysiologic tests, elcetroretinograms, electrooculagrams, retinal angiography, retinal photography, ultrasonography, optical coherence tomography, and other imaging modalities such as autofluorescence. A number of modalities of such resources are currently available, such as, for example, X-ray imaging systems, magnetic resonance (MR) imaging systems, computed tomography (CT) imaging systems, positron emission tomography (PET) systems, fluorography systems, sonography systems, infrared imaging systems, nuclear imaging systems, thermoacoustic systems, and so forth. Imaging systems can draw information from other imaging systems, electrical resources can interface with imaging systems for direct exchange of information (such as for timing or coordination of image data generation, and so forth).

In addition to such electrical and highly automated systems, various resources of a clinical and laboratory nature can be accessible. Such resources may include blood, urine, saliva and other fluid analysis resources, including gastrointestinal, reproductive, urological, nephrological (kidney function), and cerebrospinal fluid analysis system. Such resources can further include polymerase (PCR) chain reaction analysis systems, genetic marker analysis systems, radioimmunoassay systems, chromatography and similar chemical analysis systems, receptor assay systems and combinations of such systems. Histologic resources, somewhat similarly, can be included, such as tissue analysis systems, cytology and tissue typing systems and so forth. Other histologic resources can include immunocytochemistry and histopathological analysis systems. Similarly, electron and other microscopy systems, in situ hybridization systems, and so forth can constitute the exemplary histologic resources. Pharmacokinetic resources can include such systems as therapeutic drug monitoring systems, receptor characterization and measurement systems, and so forth. Again, while such data exchange can be thought of passing through the data processing system, direct exchange between the various resources can also be implemented.

Use of the present system involves a clinician obtaining a patient sample, and evaluation of the presence of a genetic marker in that patient indicating a predisposition (or not) for AMD or its progression, such as one or more of SEQ ID NO:1-15, and/or sequences including the SNPs identified in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 alone or in combination with other known risk factors. The clinician or their assistant also obtains appropriate clinical and non-clinical patient information, and inputs it into the system. The system then compiles and processes the data, and provides output information that includes a risk profile for the patient, of developing AMD and/or progressing to advanced forms of AMD.

The present invention thus provides for certain polynucleotide sequences that have been correlated to AMD. These polynucleotides are useful as diagnostics, and are preferably used to fabricate an array, useful for screening patient samples. The array, in a currently most preferred embodiment, is used as part of a laboratory information management system, to store and process additional patient information in addition to the patient's genomic profile. As described herein, the system provides an assessment of the patient's risk for developing AMD, risk for disease progression, and likelihood of disease prevention based on patient controllable factors.

Kits

The invention relates in part to kits and systems useful for performing the diagnostic methods described herein. The methods described herein can be performed by, for example, diagnostic laboratories, service providers, experimental laboratories, and individuals. The kits can be useful in these settings, among others.

Kits include reagents and materials for obtaining genetic material and assaying one or more markers in a sample from an individual, analyzing the results, diagnosing whether the individual is susceptible to or at risk for developing AMD, monitoring disease progression, and/or determining an appropriate treatment course. For example, in some embodiments, the kit can include a needle, syringe, vial, cotton swap or other apparatus for obtaining and/or containing a sample from an individual. In some embodiments, the kit can include at least one reagent which is used specifically to detect a marker disclosed herein. That is, suitable reagents and techniques readily can be selected by one of skill in the art for inclusion in a kit for detecting or quantifying a marker of interest.

For example, where the marker is a nucleic acid (e.g., DNA or RNA), the kit includes reagents appropriate for detecting nucleic acids using, for example, PCR, hybridization techniques, and microarrays.

Where appropriate, the kit includes: extraction buffers or reagents, amplification buffers or reagents, reaction buffers or reagents, hybridization buffers or reagents, immunodetection buffers or reagents, labeling buffers or reagents, and detection means. The kit can include all or part of the nucleic acids of SEQ ID NOS:1-15 and/or a nucleic acid including a SNP identified in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, or a nucleic acid molecule complementary thereto.

Kits can also include a control, which can be a control sample, a reference sample, an internal standard, or previously generated empirical data. The control may correspond to a known allele, e.g., a wild type and/or a variant allele. In addition, a control may be provided for each marker or the control may be a reference (e.g., a wild type and/or variant sequence).

Kits can include one or more containers for each individual reagent. Kits can further include instructions for performing the methods described herein and/or interpreting the results, in accordance with any regulatory requirements. In addition, software can be included in the kit for analyzing the results. Preferably, the kits are packaged in a container suitable for commercial distribution, sale, and/or use.

The following examples are provided for illustration, not limitation.

Example 1 Discovery of Genetic Variants Associated with AMD

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of late onset blindness, arises from retinal damage associated with accumulation of drusen and subsequent atrophy or neovascularization that leads to loss of central vision. The results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of 979 advanced AMD cases and 1709 controls using the Affymetrix 6.0 platform with replication in seven additional cohorts (totaling 4337 unrelated cases and unrelated 2077 controls) are presented. These data were combined with the data from the Michigan/Penn/Mayo (MPM) GWAS, which was obtained from a public database, to increase sample size. The Michigan/Penn/Mayo (MPM) GWAS implicated different genes. Analyses of the raw genetic data implicated associated variants in the reference single nucleotide polymorphisms listed in Tables 3, 4, and 5, including the VEGFA gene (discovery P=2.66e-05) and the GDF6 gene (discovery P=6.14e-06). In Tables 3 and 5, for example, the effective allele (EA) and odds ratio (OR) are given for each polymorphism. For example, if T is the effective allele and the OR is 1.2, then the T allele is associated with a 20% higher risk compared to the other allele. If C is the effective allele, and the OR is 0.80, then the C allele is associated with a 20% lower risk compared to the other allele.

In Tables 3-10, the column headers include: SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; GENE, gene of interest within or near putative interval; Chr, chromosome; BP or POS, base-pair position; EA, effective allele; OR, odds ratio; A1, minor allele; A2, major allele; Meta_P, P value for the association between the minor allele and AMD; Z, weighted average and direction of minor allele signal; and P, P value.

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common, late-onset disorder that is modified by covariates including smoking and BMI, and has a 3-6 fold higher recurrence ratio in siblings than in the general population. The burden of AMD is clinically significant, causes visual loss, and reduces quality of life. Among individuals age 75 or older, approximately one in four have some sign of this disease, while about one in 15 have the advanced form with visual loss.

Described herein is a study involving 979 cases of advanced AMD in the discovery phase with multiple stages of replication. Samples (e.g., blood samples) were genotyped on the Affymetrix 6.0, platform which contains probes for 906,000 SNPs and an additional 946,000 SNP-invariant probes to enhance copy number variation (CNV) analysis and captures 82% of the variation at an r²>0.8 for Europeans in the 3.1 million SNPs of HapMap phase 2. These data were combined with data with raw genetic data from a public database and conducted imputation using the HapMap phase 3 and the raw genetic data from the publicly available 1000 genomes project. Analyses of the resultant dataset uncovered several new AMD susceptibility loci for AMD. Significant, replicated associations include variations in VEGFA and GFD6, thus revealing novel markers associated with AMD pathogenesis. Additional associated markers include the SNPs listed in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Methods

Briefly, a genome-wide association (GWAS) was combined with the MPM results as described more detail below. SNPs were imputed based on the HapMap 3 SNP database, and also imputed results based on pilot data from another public database called “the 1000 Genomes project”. Using this dataset as the discovery sample, VEGFA SNP rs4711751 was found to be in linkage disequilibrium with AMD, with a p value of p=2.66e-05. Another marker, GDF6 SNP rs6982567 also was found to be in linkage disequilibrium with AMD, with a p value of p=6.14e-6. These data were sent to other groups for replication using TaqMan® or Sequenom® assays, and the association was confirmed. Additional markers which are candidates for genetic variants associated with AMD are listed in Tables 3, 4, and 5.

Study Sample Descriptions

The methods employed in this study conformed to the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki, received approval from Institutional Review Boards, and informed consent was signed by all participants. Some methods have been described in detail previously. (Neale, et al., “Genome-wide association study of advanced age-related macular degeneration identifies a role of the hepatic lipase gene (LIPC).” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107, 7395-400 (2010); Fagerness, et al., “Variation near complement factor I is associated with risk of advanced AMD.” Eur J Hum Genet 17, 100-4 (2009); Maller, et al., “Variation in complement factor 3 is associated with risk of age-related macular degeneration.” Nat Genet 39, 1200-1 (2007); Maller, et al., “Common variation in three genes, including a noncoding variant in CFH, strongly influences risk of age-related macular degeneration.” Nat Genet 38, 1055-9 (2006)) Cases had geographic atrophy or neovascular disease based on fundus photography and ocular examination (Clinical Age-Related Maculopathy Grading System (CARMS) stages 4 and 5). (Seddon, et al., “Evaluation of the clinical age-related maculopathy staging system.” Ophthalmology 113, 260-6 (2006))

Controls were unrelated to cases, 60 years of age or older, and were defined as individuals without macular degeneration, categorized as CARMS stage 1, based on fundus photography and ocular examination. Subjects were derived from ongoing AMD study protocols as described previously.

Tufts/MGH Subjects included in the current GWAS were derived from ongoing AMD study protocols as described previously. (Neale, et al., “Genome-wide association study of advanced age-related macular degeneration identifies a role of the hepatic lipase gene (LIPC).” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107, 7395-400 (2010); Maller, et al., “Common variation in three genes, including a noncoding variant in CFH, strongly influences risk of age-related macular degeneration.” Nat Genet 38, 1055-9 (2006); Seddon, et al., “Progression of age-related macular degeneration: association with body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-hip ratio.” Arch Ophthalmol 121, 785-92 (2003); Seddon, et al., “A genomewide scan for age-related macular degeneration provides evidence for linkage to several chromosomal regions.” Am J Hum Genet 73, 780-90 (2003); Seddon, et al., “The US twin study of age-related macular degeneration: relative roles of genetic and environmental influences.” Arch Ophthalmol 123, 321-7 (2005); “A randomized, placebo-controlled, clinical trial of high-dose supplementation with vitamins C and E, beta carotene, and zinc for age-related macular degeneration and vision loss: AREDS report no. 8.” Arch Ophthalmol 119, 1417-36 (2001)) MMAP Subjects included in the current GWAS were obtained from dbGaP (http://dbgap.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/aa/wga.cgi?page=DUC&view_pdf&stacc=phs000182.v2.p1) and described previously. (Chen, W., et al., “Genetic variants near TIMP3 and high-density lipoprotein-associated loci influence susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration.” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107, 7401-6 (2010)) Shared controls from GAIN Schizophrenia Study were obtained from dbGap (http://dbgap.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/aa/wga.cgi?page=DUC&view_pdf&stacc=phs00002 1.v2.p1) and described (Manolio, T. A., et al., “New models of collaboration in genome-wide association studies: the Genetic Association Information Network.” Nat Genet 39, 1045-51 (2007)) The datasets of Tufts/MGH replication, MIGEN controls, Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Columbia University (COL), Washington University (Wash-U), and Hopital Intercommunal de Creteil (FR-CRET) were included in a previous study. (Neale, et al., “Genome-wide association study of advanced age-related macular degeneration identifies a role of the hepatic lipase gene (UPC).” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107, 7395-400 (2010) The datasets Centre for Eye Research Australia (AUS), Genentech, Decode (Iceland) and Rotterdam (ROT) applied the same criteria for the diagnosis and IRB approved protocols of their samples.

Genotyping Using Genome-Wide Panels

The GWAS genotyping of Tufts/MGH samples and MIGEN samples were performed at the Broad and National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Center for Genotyping and Analysis using the Affymetrix SNP 6.0 GeneChip (909622 SNPs). (Korn, et al., “Integrated genotype calling and association analysis of SNPs, common copy number polymorphisms and rare CNVs.” Nat Genet 40, 1253-60 (2008)) Shared controls froth GAIN study were also genotyped by using the Affymetrix SNP 6.0 GeneChip. MMAP samples were genotyped by Illumina HumanCNV370v1 Bead Array (ILMN 370, 370404 SNPs). (Chen, W., et al., “Genetic variants near TIMP3 and high-density lipoprotein-associated loci influence susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration.” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107, 7401-6 (2010))

Other Replication Genotyping

Samples from Hopital Intercommunal de Creteil (FR-CRET) and Tufts-replication were genotyped at the Broad Institute Center by the Sequenom iPLEX assay (http://www.sequenom.com/Genetic-Analysis/Applications/iPLEX-Genotyping/iPLEX-Overview.aspx). Samples from Wash-U and AUS were genotyped by the Sequenom iPLEX assay at each respective site. Samples from JHU and COL were genotyped by the TaqMan assay using the ABI PRISM 7900 Sequence Detection System (ABI, Foster City, Calif., USA) (https://products.appliedbiosystems.com/ab/en/US/adirect/ab?cmd=catNavigate2&c atID=601283).

Quality Control

Quality control procedures for the genotype data of Tufts/MGH and MMAP have been described in detail. (Neale, et al., “Genome-wide association study of advanced age-related macular degeneration identifies a role of the hepatic lipase gene (LIPC).” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107, 7395-400 (2010); Chen, W., et al., “Genetic variants near TIMP3 and high-density lipoprotein-associated loci influence susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration.” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107, 7401-6 (2010)). Briefly, individuals with call rates<0.95 then SNPs with call rates<0.98, Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium P<10⁻⁶, and MAF<0.01 were excluded. Potential relatedness between individuals was identified through a Genome-wide identity-by-state (IBS) matrix using PLINK. (Purcell, et al., “PLINK: a tool set for whole-genome association and population-based linkage analyses.” Am J Hum Genet 81, 559-75 (2007)) IBS was estimated for each pair of individuals and one individual from each duplicate or related pair (pihat>0.2) was removed. Ancestry outliers were identified based on principle components analysis (PCA) using EIGENSOFT (FIG. 7). (Price, et al., “Principal components analysis corrects for stratification in genome-wide association studies.” Nat Genet 38, 904-9 (2006).)

Imputation and Statistical Analysis

Stringent quality control checks described in Table 13 were applied on each of the data sets contribute to TMMG samples. We next used BEAGLE version 3.0 (Browning, et al., “A unified approach to genotype imputation and haplotype-phase inference for large data sets of trios and unrelated individuals.” Am J Hum Genet 84, 210-23 (2009); Browning, et al., “Rapid and accurate haplotype phasing and missing-data inference for whole-genome association studies by use of localized haplotype clustering.” Am J Hum Genet 81, 1084-97 (2007)) to infer genotypes using the phased CEU and TSI samples (566 haplotypes) of the 1000 Genomes project as a reference. The imputations were performed separately for those cases and controls genotyped on platforms with AFFY 6.0 (more SNPs) and those genotyped with ILMN 370 (less SNPs). For inclusion of data we utilized only imputed genotypes with imputation quality scores>0.6 where the score is defined as the ratio-of-variances (empirical/asymptotic) of each genotype. This score is equivalent to the RSQR_HAT value by MACH and the information content (INFO) measure by PLINK. Since the imputation accuracy are relative low for SNPs with low minor allele frequency (MAF), we only included imputed genotypes of common variants (MAF>0.01) in the analysis. PLINK was used as the primary association test for the imputed genotypes coded by the genotype probabilities for each SNP. The eigenvalue scores with nominal siginificant (p<0.05) association to case/control status (first seven PCAs, PCA 11 and PCA 16) and the original genotyping platform were adjusted as covariates in the association test. The P-value for the combined analysis was derived from the sum of weighted average Z score by the Stouffer's Z-score method as previously described. Neale, et al., “Genome-wide association study of advanced age-related macular degeneration identifies a role of the hepatic lipase gene (LIPC).” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107, 7395-400 (2010) The Z score was weighted by the effective sample size of each independent replication cohort if the ratio between cases and controls was equal to 1 based on actual samples listed in Table 12. Heterogeneity of the association between SNP and disease was evaluated by the Cochran's Q-test.

FIG. 7 shows distribution of genetic ancestry along PC1 and PC2 estimated by EIGENSOFT, colored by case (red)/control (blue) status and displayed by the original genotyping platforms, AFFY 6.0 (circle)/ILMN 370 (cross) in all TMMG samples before (left plot) and after (right plot) excluding outliers (PC2>0.05).

FIG. 8 shows quantile-quantile (Q;Q) plots. We plotted our genome-wide association findings from the cleaned TMMG dataset in Quantile-Quantile (Q:Q) plots. The Q:Q plot on the left represents the strong associations of the CFH, ARMS2/HTRA1, C2/CFB, C3, CFI and LIPC regions that has been previously associated. The Q:Q plot on the right represents the association results of SNPs after excluding these previous associated regions.

FIG. 9 shows a Manhattan-Plot. The log(p-values) of association results from the cleaned TMMG dataset were plotted for SNPs on each chromosome. SNPs with P<5×10⁻⁷ were colored in red and the representative genes for each associated region were labeled.

We genotyped 1242 cases and 492 controls of European ancestry, diagnosed based on fundus photography and ocular examination, 1188 controls from the Myocardial Infarction Genetics Consortium (MIGen), 1378 controls from the GAIN Schizophrenia Study and 1355 cases/1076 controls from the Michigan, Mayo, AREDS, Pennsylvania (MMAP) Cohort Study. After thorough quality control analyses, the merged dataset of Tufts/MMAP/MIGen/GAIN (TMMG) contained 6728 samples, of which 4300 were genotyped by Affymetrix SNP 6.0 GeneChip and 2428 were genotyped by Illumina HumanCNV370v1 Bead Array. The TMMG dataset genotyped by AFFY 6.0 (644,413 SNPs passing quality control checks) was imputed using the phased CEU and TSI samples (566 haplotypes) of the 1000 Genomes project as a reference. (Chen, W., et al., “Genetic variants near TIMP3 and high-density lipoprotein-associated loci influence susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration.” Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107, 7401-6 (2010)) Separate imputation was performed on the TMMG dataset genotyped on the ILMN 370 (329,315 SNPs passing quality control checks) using the same method. A consensus set of 6,036,699 high quality SNPs from each imputed dataset was analyzed using a generalized linear model controlling for genetic ancestry based on principal component analysis. We observed little statistical inflation in the association statistic after removing known associated loci (see FIGS. 8 a, 8 b, λ _(gc)=1.047). There were highly statistically significant association signals at SNPs in six previously published loci, including ARMS2/HTRA1 (rs10490924, p=2.5×10⁻¹⁴³), CFH (rs1061170, p=1.6×10⁻¹³⁶) and (rs1410996, p=7.6×10⁻¹³³), CFB (rs641153, p=7.8×10⁻²³), C3 (rs2230199, p=2.6×10⁻¹⁹), C2 (rs9332739, p=7.6×10⁻¹²), CFI (rs10033900, p=8.7×10⁻¹²), and LIPC (rs1532085, p=3.2×10⁻⁷) (FIG. 9).

TABLE 11 Genes associated with AMD in Genome-wide Meta-analysis and analysis of all samples combined. TMMG meta-analysis Frequency Imputation Combined Analysis SNP GENE CHR BP EA^(#) Cases Controls Quality OR P OR P Samples Table 11a: Newly identified SNPs associated with AMD susceptibility. rs1999930 FRK/ 6 116387134 T 0.260 0.304 0.97 0.81 3.4E−07 0.87 6.8E−08 abcdefgh COL10A1 rs4711751 VEGFA 6 43828582 T 0.535 0.505 0.65 1.21 1.5E−05 1.20 2.0E−11 abdefg Table 11b: SNPs previously associated with AMD (genome-wide significant in this study). rs10490924 HTRA1 10 124214448 T 0.414 0.206 1.00 3.19 2.5E−143 2.94 4.5E−300 abef rs1061170 CFH 1 196659237 C 0.609 0.371 1.00 2.73 1.6E−136 2.51 3.0E−251 abefg rs1410996 CFH 1 196696933 C 0.799 0.579 1.00 3.11 7.6E−133 2.90 1.8E−212 abe rs641153 CFB 6 31914180 T 0.053 0.101 0.91 0.46 7.8E−23 0.49 7.7E−34 abe rs2230199 C3 19 6718387 G 0.244 0.193 0.55 1.71 2.6E−19 1.52 1.7E−19 abe rs9332739 C2 6 31903804 C 0.023 0.045 0.89 0.45 7.6E−12 0.50 3.0E−16 abe rs10033900 CFI 4 110659067 T 0.520 0.463 0.78 1.32 8.7E−12 1.24 1.5E−13 abe rs10468017 LIPC 15 58678512 T 0.257 0.287 0.90 0.84 9.7E−05 0.85 5.3E−09 abcdef rs3764261 CETP 16 56993324 A 0.360 0.328 0.97 1.16 1.2E−04 1.16 9.6E−09 abcdef rs9621532* TIMP3 22 33084511 C 0.037 0.051 1.00 0.72 4.9E−04 0.64 6.0E−14 abcdef *The result of this SNP was from imputation data based on Hapmap 2 project, all other SNPs were imputed based on 1000 Genomes project. ^(#)Effective allele (EA)-frequency and odds ratio based on this SNP for each locus. (a) TMMG represents Tufts/MMAP/MIGen/GAIN; (b) Iceland represents deCODE genetics sample replication; (c) COL represents the Columbia University sample replication; (d) JHU represents the Johns Hopkins University sample replication; (e) Genentech represents Genentech of the Roche group sample replication, (f) WASH-U represents Washington University sample replication; (g) AUS represents the Centre for Eye Research Australia sample replication; (h) Rotterdam represents the Rotterdam study sample replication.

TABLE 12 Age-related macular degeneration grade, gender and age information for samples. TMMG TMMG (AFFY6.0) (ILMN370) JHU COL AUS WASH-U Genentech Iceland Rotterdam N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) AMD Grade 1 3058 (71) 1076 (44)  164 (24) 368 (33) 443 (40) 273 (30) 8254 (89) 36949 (98) 4487 (95) 4  465 (11) 354 (15) 104 (15) 210 (19) 109 (10) 25 (3)  44 (1)  212 (1)  90 (2) 5  777 (18) 998 (41) 421 (61) 523 (48) 557 (50) 608 (67)  918 (10)  317 (1) 131 (3) Gender (N %) M 2116 (49) 995 (41) 736 (45) 417 (40) 456 (41) 327 (37) 4000 (45) 16190 (43) 1645 (39) F 2184 (51) 1433 (59)  909 (55) 631 (60) 653 (59) 558 (63) 4947 (55) 21288 (57) 2607 (41) Mean Age by AMD grade 1 77 74 74 75 71 69 64 54 65 4 81 79 76 80 71 N/A 70 84 83 5 81 80 77 79 77 79 73 84 81 TMMG (AFFY6.0) represents the genome-wide association data using the Affymetrix 6.0 platform from Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, with MIGEN and GAIN controls (age not provided); TMMG (ILMN370) represents the genome-wide association data using the Illumina 370 platform from the Michigan/Penn/Mayo group; JHU represents the Johns Hopkins University sample replication, COL represents the Columbia University sample replication, AUS represents the Centre for Eye Research Australia sample replication, WASH-U represents Washington University sample replication, Genentech represents Genentech of the Roche group sample replication, Iceland represents deCODE genetics sample replication and Rotterdam represents the Rotterdam study sample replication. AMD Grading System: grade 1 represents individuals with no drusen or a few small drusen, 4 represents individuals with central or non-central geographic atrophy (“advanced dry type”), and 5 represents individuals with neovascular disease (“advanced wet type”).

TABLE 13 The evolution of sample size as a function of the quality control process. TMMG (AFFY 6.0) TMMG (ILMN 370) Change to Change to Cases Controls Sample Size #SNPs Cases Controls Sample Size #SNPs Initial Sample 1350 506 — 909622 2159 1150 — 344942 Addition of Shared MIGEN Controls 1350 1702 1196 909622 Initial Dataset Cleaning 1290 1686  −76 690987 2159 1150 — 329368 Addition of Shared GAIN Controls 1290 3064 1378 666964 Removal of non-advanced cases 1290 3064 — 666964 1623 1150 −536 329368 Removal of duplicates or relatives 1244 3058  −52 666964 1354 1081 −338 Secondary Dataset Cleaning 1244 3058 — 644413 1354 1081 — 329315 Removal of Clustering Outliers 1242 3058  −2 644413 1352 1076  −7 329315 Cases Controls #SNPs #SNPs passed QC Combined Sample after imputation 2594 4134 7602146 6036699 Each step represents a cleaning stage. The initial sample represents all samples genotyped or retrieved from dbGaP. The initial dataset cleaning encompasses Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE), call rate and minor allele frequency threshold. The secondary dataset cleaning reapplied all initial dataset cleaning steps after the addition of shared controls and removed SNPs with differential missingness between cases and controls or SNPs with differential frequencies between different genotyping batches on samples of same disease status. Samples with pihat>0.2 based on a pruned genome-wide SNPs were potential relatives or duplicates. One sample of each relative pair was removed. Individuals who did not cluster with the majority of the sample using a principle components population stratification analysis were removed before imputation. Resultant SNPs from imputation were filtered by quality score >0.6 and Minor allele frequency >0.01.

TABLE 14 Meta-analysis and Combined analysis results for association with AMD - other candidate SNPs tested. TMMG meta-analysis Frequency Imputation Combined Analysis SNP GENE CHR BP EA^(#) Cases Controls Quality OR P OR P Samples rs1883025 ABCA1 9 107664301 T 0.257 0.279 0.95 0.87 1.8E−03 0.87 9.5E−07 abcdefh rs13095226 COL8A1 3 99396272 C 0.123 0.104 1.00 1.22 5.9E−04 1.18 1.3E−05 abcdefh rs2883171 CDH12 5 21273843 G 0.137 0.116 0.69 1.32 1.6E−05 1.22 1.9E−05 abe rs10103808 FAM135B 8 139143072 T 0.115 0.090 0.96 1.31 1.7E−05 1.22 3.3E−05 abe rs12040406 C4BPA, CD55 1 207449304 C 0.083 0.094 0.19 0.46 4.6E−07 0.73 9.9E−05 abcdeg rs4256145 OTOL1 3 161710141 G 0.306 0.338 0.99 0.84 1.9E−05 0.90 1.3E−04 abe rs61856267 PCDH15 10 56710188 G 0.114 0.095 0.67 1.36 4.8E−05 1.27 1.5E−04 abe rs4967980 USP31, SCNN1G 16 23183594 C 0.256 0.225 0.93 1.20 4.4E−05 1.14 1.7E−04 abe rs12632671 TKT 3 53258424 A 0.068 0.057 0.71 1.45 7.7E−05 1.28 1.9E−04 abe rs16965939 TMCO5 15 38204793 T 0.091 0.108 0.51 0.68 3.6E−05 0.80 2.0E−04 abcde rs722782 MYOM2 8 516479 A 0.084 0.106 0.99 0.76 1.5E−05 0.85 3.5E−04 abe rs1915098 IGSF11 3 118198440 A 0.141 0.166 0.95 0.80 2.7E−05 0.88 5.8E−04 abdefg rs72850977 CTSD 11 1811496 A 0.148 0.172 0.79 0.78 7.5E−06 0.87 6.2E−04 abdef rs2270637 SLC18A1 8 20036827 G 0.173 0.200 0.99 0.82 4.4E−05 0.88 6.4E−04 abdeh rs6531212 SDC1, LAPTM4A 2 20338020 T 0.318 0.351 1.00 0.85 4.3E−05 0.92 6.8E−04 abcdef rs11755724 RREB1 6 7118990 A 0.343 0.372 1.00 0.88 9.3E−04 0.93 1.1E−03 abcdefg rs17628762 CELF4 18 35871719 A 0.382 0.343 0.98 1.19 8.3E−06 1.08 4.6E−03 abcdef rs10280782 TRA2A, CLK2P 7 23584282 G 0.123 0.151 0.99 0.77 2.4E−06 0.91 6.4E−03 abcdefg rs2127740 PSMD7 16 73732309 A 0.139 0.114 0.96 1.29 1.0E−05 1.14 6.4E−03 abe rs1789110 MBP 18 74859044 C 0.413 0.375 0.89 1.21 2.3E−06 1.07 2.5E−02 abcdef rs12926103 FOXF1 16 86371775 A 0.066 0.057 0.79 1.44 2.9E−05 1.17 9.2E−02 abe (a) TMMG; (b) ICELAND; (c) COL; (d) JHU; (e) Genentech; (f) Wash-U; (g) AUS; (h) ROT. (see Table 12.) ^(#)Effective allele (EA)-frequency and odds ratio based on this SNP for each locus.

TABLE 15 Association results of some published candidate SNPs not showing significant evidence of association in TMMG. Frequency Imputation Reference SNP GENE CHR BP EA^(#) Cases Controls Quality OR P 1 rs2290465 VLDLR 9 2645201 C 0.817 0.81 0.515 1.08 0.252 1 rs2010963 VEGF 6 43738350 C 0.341 0.338 0.899 1.05 0.258 1 rs7294695 LRP6 12 12323618 C 0.532 0.539 0.954 0.983 0.649 2 rs3775291 TLR3 4 187004074 T 0.306 0.294 0.981 1.03 0.479 3 rs4986790 TLR4 9 120475302 A 0.938 0.939 0.911 0.963 0.634 4 rs2511989 SERPING1 11 57378325 T 0.399 0.398 1 1.02 0.648 5 rs3732378 CX3CR1 3 39307162 A 0.172 0.168 0.905 1.02 0.715 5 rs3793784 ERCC6 10 50747539 C 0.412 0.411 0.977 0.998 0.957 6 rs4073 IL8 4 74606024 A 0.454 0.449 0.984 1.01 0.788 1. Haines JL, et al. (2006) Functional candidate genes in age-related macular degeneration: significant association with VEGF, VLDLR, and LRP6. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47: 329-335. 2. Yang Z, et al. (2008) Toll-like receptor 3 and geographic atrophy in age-related macular degeneration. N Engl J Med 359: 1456-1463. 3. Zareparsi S, et al. (2005) Toll-like receptor 4 variant D299G is associated with susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration. Hum Mol Genet 14: 1449-1455. 4. Ennis S, et al. (2008) Association between the SERPING1 gene and age-related macular degeneration: a two-stage case-control study. Lancet 372: 1828-1834. 5. Tuo J, et al. (2004) The involvement of sequence variation and expression of CX3CR1 in the pathogenesis of age-related macular degeneration. FASEB J 18: 1297-1299. 6. Goverdhan SV, et al. (2008) Interleukin-8 promoter polymorphism −251A/T is a risk factor for age-related macular degeneration. Br J Ophthalmol 92: 537-540. ^(#)Effective allele (EA)-frequency and odds ratio based on this SNP for each locus.

Additional methods for marker discovery and validation also were used. Briefly, the Tufts/MGH replication dataset was comprised of DNA samples from unrelated Caucasian individuals not included in the GWAS, including 868 advanced AMD cases and 410 examined controls who were identified from the same Tufts cohorts, and 379 unexamined MGH controls.

The GWAS genotyping and the Tufts/MGH follow-up replication genotyping were performed at the Broad and National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Center for Genotyping and Analysis using the Affymetrix SNP 6.0 GeneChip and the Sequenom MassARRAY system for iPLEX assays, respectively. Initially, a primary dataset of 1,057 cases and 558 was examined controls and studied 906,000 genotyped SNPs and 946,000 CNVs using the Affymetrix 6.0 GeneChip which passed quality control filters. Then 43,562 SNPs were removed for low call rate, 4,708 were removed for failing Hardy-Weinberg test at 10-3, and 8,332 SNPs were removed because of failing a differential missing test between cases and controls at 10-3. Finally, 126,050 SNPs were removed for having allele frequency less than 1%, similar to other studies using this methodology. Thus, 726,970 SNPs were evaluated in this study in the discovery phase. 73 individuals were removed for lower than expected call rate, resulting in 1,006 cases and 536 controls. All quality control steps were performed using PLINK. A preliminary χ2 association analysis was conducted to determine the extent to which population stratification and other biases were affecting the samples and observed a lambda of ˜1.05, indicating that the samples were generally well matched for population ancestry, with some minor inflation remaining (explanation and visual representation see FIGS. 3A & 3B). MIGEN shared controls were added, which were genotyped on the same Affymetrix 6.0 GeneChip® product, and population stratification analyses were conducted using multi-dimensional scaling in PLINK. These analyses identified 27 cases, 12 AMD controls and 223 MIGEN controls for a total of 262 individuals which were outliers in the principal component analysis. The final genomic control lambda for the logistic regression included seven significant (for prediction of phenotype status) principal components as covariates and was 1.036 for 632,932 SNPs. This dataset was used for our official GWAS analysis.

SNPs with P<10-3 were evaluated from the GWAS discovery sample (n=720 SNPs excluding previously associated regions) in the MPM GWAS. The exchange of top hits enabled us to use the two scans as primary replication efforts which enhanced the power of each study. Genotyping was performed of all SNPs with combined P<10-4 using Sequenom iPLEX™ at the Broad NCRR Genotyping Center using our Tufts/MGH replication sample. Focusing on sites which continued to show association with P<10-4 after this local replication, a third stage of replication was performed with collaborators in Iceland (deCode Genetics database). For this study, P values were calculated for the combined imputed dataset and for all of our top hits comparing AMD to controls (N=130). Other groups were asked to check these SNPs in their GWAS data—including Iceland (deCode Genetics database) and Genentech—and they sent their data for these SNPs, which were then added to our analyses. To validate the discovery of these SNPs, other groups also were asked to genotype SNPs of interest in their samples using either TaqMan or Sequenom as part of the replication. These data were received as well and combined values were calculated based on the frequencies, of the alleles in the various AMD groups—the total advanced AMD case group, as well as the different advanced phenotypes, called geographic atrophy and neovascular AMD. P values for association between these various alleles, genotypes and different AMD case groups were calculated. SNPs associated with geographic atrophy and neovascular disease were studied and these groups were compared to each other, to determine which are associated with one advanced subtype versus the other. 20 SNPs were identified in this comparison (Table 5), and these SNPs were also sent to the same groups noted above, for replication.

To augment the control set, a subset of controls (n=1409) from the Myocardial Infarction Genetics (MIGEN) Project was used. Briefly, MIGEN controls are ascertained across Europe, for absence of an MI event. These controls are unscreened for AMD, and so the utility of including them was assessed by examining the previously reported associations in the literature. Specifically, an assessment as to whether the loci at CFH, ARMS2, CFI, C3, CF/B2 showed more significant association to AMD upon expansion of the control sample was performed. The inclusion of these shared controls yielded a dramatic increase in the lambda (2.2). Multi-dimensional scaling was applied based on all pair-wise identity-by-state comparisons for all individuals. The first multi-dimensional scaling component separated out completely the shared controls from the initial dataset (FIG. 3A). American populations can be matched to European populations (as long the European populations are diverse), so this complete delineation between the shared controls and the original dataset was due to technical bias between the two datasets. Moving the call rate threshold from 95% to 99% dramatically reduced the lambda (1.22), but still, apparent population stratification effects persisted. Multi-dimensional scaling was again applied to the IBS matrix, examining the first 10 axes of variation. The first axis of variation no longer classified the cases and controls. The second axis of variation identified a handful of individuals who were apparently either demonstrating high levels of technical bias or were from a different ancestral background (FIG. 3B). Finally, the axes of variation were examined to determine whether they significantly predicted case or control status across the genome at an average P-value less than 0.05. Doing so yielded 7 axes of variation and a lambda of 1.036, comparable to the initial study lambda, with an expanded sample size.

TABLE 1 Age-related macular degeneration grade, gender and age information for samples. Tufts/MGH UM Tufts/MGH Affy ILMN Replication JHU NY N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) AMD Grade 1 524 (35) 1138 (44) 410 (32) 136 (22) 368 (33) 4 269 (18)  415 (16) 246 (19)  95 (15) 211 (19) 5 710 (47) 1037 (40) 622 (49) 389 (63) 524 (48) Gender (N %) M 691 (46) 1062 (41) 513 (40) 209 (34) 418 (40) F 812 (54) 1528 (59) 765 (60) 411 (66) 632 (60) Mean Age by AMD grade 1 76 74 73 74 75 4 81 78 79 76 80 5 80 80 80 77 79

Tufts/MGH Affy represents the genome-wide association scan using the Affymetrix 6.0 platform from Tufts Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, without the MIGEN controls included; Tufts/MGH Replication represents the follow up replication pool at MGH/Tufts; UM ILMN represents the genome-wide association scan using the Illumina 322 platform from the University of Michigan; JHU represents the Johns Hopkins University sample replication, and NY represents the Columbia University sample replication. AMD Grading System: grade 1 represents individuals with no drusen or a few small drusen, 4 represents individuals with central or non-central geographic atrophy (“advanced dry type”), and 5 represents individuals with neovascular disease (“advanced wet type”).

TABLE 2 The evolution of sample size as a function of the quality control process. Change to Cases Controls Sample Size #SNPs Initial Sample 1057 558 — 909622 Initial Dataset Cleaning 1006 536 −73 726970 Addition of Shared Controls 1006 1944 1409 707919 Removal of Clustering 979 1709 −262 632932 Outliers

Each step represents a cleaning stage. The initial sample represents all samples genotyped. The initial dataset cleaning encompasses HWE, call rate, differential missingness between cases and controls, and minor allele frequency threshold. Adding in shared controls, the call rate and MAF thresholds were reapplied. For the final stage, call rate of 99% was required as was the removal of individuals who did not cluster with the majority of the sample.

Results

Case and Control Sample Development.

The initial study consisted of 1,057 unrelated cases with geographic atrophy or neovascular AMD, and 558 unrelated controls without AMD who were phenotyped based on clinical examination and ocular photography, and identified from studies of genetic-epidemiology of macular degeneration at Tufts Medical Center. The AMD grade in the worst eye was used in the analyses. All individuals were Caucasian from European ancestry (further details about the original and replication study populations can be found in METHODS and Table 1).

To enhance the power of this study, unrelated control resources that were genotyped on the same platform in the same lab were included, and additional stringent quality control to ensure the technical and population compatibility of these datasets was conducted (METHODS and Table 2). The final genotyped sample consisted of 979 cases and 1,709 controls. Using a logistic regression analysis including population structure covariates, genomic control inflation factors were comparable between the initial, similarly ascertained sample and the expanded sample, suggesting that potential population differences have been controlled appropriately (979 cases to 536 controls lamba=1.051; 979 cases to 1,709 controls lambda=1.036). Because these additional controls were unscreened for AMD status and may include individuals who have or might later develop AMD, their impact on established associations was determined. The most compelling previously reported associated regions in AMD: CFH on chromosome 1, CFI on chromosome 4, BF/C2 on chromosome 6, ARMS2/HTRA1 on chromosome 10, and C3 on chromosome 19 were examined. 159 SNPs that were in LD with the most positively associated variant reported in the literature were examined. Of these, 137 showed an improvement in the χ², with the addition of these controls. The average ratio of the initial study's cleaned χ² to final study's cleaned χ² was 1.82—nearly identical to the expected improvement in χ² based on theoretical power calculations of 1.84. As predicted, the addition of a significant number of unselected controls increased the power of this study substantially.

Genome-Wide Association Discovery Phase.

Using a case-control analysis as implemented in PLINK, no SNPs in regions not already reported as being associated with AMD achieved genome-wide significance of 5×10⁻⁸ as defined by Pe'er et al. Several SNPs of interest in regions without previously reported association with P-values between 10⁻⁴ to 10⁻⁶ were identified in the discovery scan (Tables 3, 4, and 5), including rs4711751 (VEGFA) with p=2.66e-5, and rs6982567 (GDF6) with p=6.14e-6, as discussed in more detail below.

Replication Phases. To evaluate the top results from novel regions identified by the scan, several stages of replication analysis were performed. For all SNPs with p<10⁻³ in the genome-wide association scan, results were obtained from the Michigan, Penn, and Mayo scan, selecting only their advanced cases versus controls, and combined the study results as equally weighted-Z scores given the similar sample sizes. From this combined analysis, SNPs with p<10⁻⁴ or higher in our independent local replication sample of advanced cases and controls from Tufts University School of Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital (Tufts/MGH) were genotyped, who were unrelated to the individuals in our original scan. Not all SNPs could be imputed perfectly in the Michigan scan, given the different sizes and types of genotyping platforms used (Affymetrix 6.0 with 906,000 SNPS and Illumina with 320,000 SNPS). Therefore, a subset of strongly associated SNPs from the scan alone were selected to be genotyped in the local replication sample. After these steps, a subset of promising SNPs were distributed to collaborators at Iceland (DeCode database) and Genentech, for replication in independent samples. A tally of these P-values for the discovery and local replication stages are presented in Tables 3, 4, and 5. Additional identified SNPs are presented in Tables 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10.

Results of Combined Scan and Replication Analysis.

A SNP on chromosome 6, rs4711751 (VEGFA), showed significant association with p=2.66e-5, and a SNP on chromosome 8, rs6982567 (GDF6), showed significant association with a p=6.14e-6. In addition, a different VEGFA SNP, rs943080, is reportedly in LD with this SNP (paper forthcoming) and is about 1950 by from rs6982567. The genome-wide association study results disclosed herein revealed numerous additional SNPs that are associated with AMD (Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10). The nucleic acid sequence corresponding to each reference SNP (rs) number listed in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 is incorporated by references herein.

Thus, rs4711751, rs6982567, a SNP listed in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, and/or a marker in linkage disequilibrium with one of these SNPs can be used in accordance with the present invention as markers for AMD etiology, for determining susceptibility to AMD, and for predicting disease progression or severity, and for distinguishing risk of geographic atrophy, the advanced dry type of AMD from the advanced wet form of AMD. In addition, any marker in LD with one of these markers can be used as a surrogate marker for AMD etiology, for determining susceptibility to AMD, and for predicting disease progression or severity.

Excluding previously published genetic regions associated with AMD, we detected a region on 6q21-q22.3 (FIG. 6 a) containing 30 SNPs with p<5×10⁻⁷ in the TMMG sample. FIGS. 6 a-d show the FRK/COL10A1 region and association with AMD. FIG. 6 a shows observed association in the 500-kb region surrounding the FRK/COL10A1 locus in meta-analysis of TMMG datasets. The represented SNP (rs1999930) for this region of P=3.4×10⁻⁷ was shown by small purple diamond (see arrow). In the combined analysis including all 8 cohorts this SNP was associated with AMD at P=6.8×10⁻⁸ (large purple diamond; see arrow). FIG. 6 b shows Forest plot for rs1999930 association across 8 Cohorts. FIG. 6 c shows observed association in the 500-kb region surrounding the VEGFA (rs4711751) locus in meta-analysis of TMMG datasets. In the combined analysis including all 6 cohorts this SNP was associated with AMD at P=2.0×10⁻¹¹ (large purple diamond; see arrow). FIG. 6 d shows Forest plot for rs4711751 association across 6 cohorts.

Since all of these SNPs are in a tight LD block (r²>0.8), we chose to investigate the association in this region through rs1999930. The minor T allele frequency of rs1999930 was 26.0% in cases and 30.5% in controls (Table 11) for the TMMG sample, with an odds ratio (OR) of 0.81, and 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.77-0.84. To confirm this new locus for AMD, we tested rs1999930 in a total of 4269 independent cases and 50,938 independent controls of European ancestry from Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Columbia University (COL), Genentech, Decode, Washington University (Wash-U), Centre for Eye Research Australia (AUS), Rotterdam (ROT), and Hopital Intercommunal de Creteil (FR-CRET) (Table 12). Frequency and risk associated with the minor allele T of rs1999930 in each replication cohort were all in the same direction as in TMMG (FIG. 6 b).

Combining the test statistics of all independent replication cohorts weighted by their sample size using Stouffer's Z-score method, this association was confirmed (OR=0.91, P=0.0057). The results were very consistent across datasets with no significant evidence for heterogeneity under the Cochran's Q-test for our samples (Q=0.09, I²=44[0-75]). In the combined analysis of all the samples, the T allele of rs1999930 significantly (p=6.8×10⁻⁸) reduced the risk of AMD (OR=0.87 [0.83-0.92]). This associated region represented by rs1999930 contains the genes COL10A1 (encoding the alpha chain of type X collagen) and FRK (encoding fyn-related kinase).

We also tested other unreported loci for AMD with p-value<5×10⁻⁵ in the TMMG meta-analysis (Table 14) and several previously reported loci (Table 11) with suggestive association results. The risk variants in TIMP3 (rs9621532, p=6×10⁻¹⁴) and HDL pathway genes LIPC (rs10468017, p=5.3×10⁻⁹), CETP (rs3764261, p=9.6×10⁻⁹) were genome-wide significant in our combined analysis and a previously suggestive association in ABCA1 (rs1883025, p=9.5×10⁻⁷) was still noteworthy. Another locus near C4BPA/CD55 gene was suggested from the TMMG analysis (P=4.6×10⁻⁷), however, the combined p-value was 9.9×10⁻⁵.

Among the other previously unreported loci, the T allele of one candidate SNP (rs4711751) near VEGFA, was associated with increased risk of AMD (OR=1.21 [1.16-1.27], p=1.5×10⁻⁵) in the TMMG meta-analysis and the results were very consistent in direct genotyping replication in 3277 cases and 42091 controls (OR=1.20 (1.15-1.24), p=2.9×10⁻⁷). This SNP reached genome-wide significance (OR=1.20 [1.17-1.24], p=2.0×10¹¹) in the combined analysis including all replication cohorts (FIGS. 6 c, 6 d). This novel association with VEGFA was also found in a parallel meta-analysis on a SNP (rs943080, R²=1, D′=1) in LD with rs4711751. Our newly identified SNPs is 3′ downstream of VEGFA and more than 90 kb away from the SNP in VEGFA promoter region (rs2010963), which was reported to be associated with AMD previously (Table 15). The rs2010963 allele is in very low LD with rs4711751 (R²=0.015, D′=0.138); therefore the association we identified in VEGFA was in a novel region and not likely due to LD with SNPs in the VEGFA promoter region. Of note, the previously reported rs2010963 SNP showed little evidence of association in our TMMG meta-analysis (p=0.26).

VEGFA which is a member of the vascular endothelial growth factor family increases vascular permeability, angiogenesis, cell growth and migration of endothelial cells. VEGFA has been a major candidate for AMD risk and it has been hypothesized that activation of this gene may induce pathologic angiogenesis under the retinal epithelial (RPE). Interestingly, Rajpar et al. described creating a knock-in mouse for COL10A1 p.Asn617Lys (possible human SNP rs61745148) which reduced the VEGF expression in hypertrophic chondrocytes leading to a significant reduction in the recruitment of osteoclasts to the vascular invasion front. (Rajpar, M. H., et al., “Targeted induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress induces cartilage pathology.” PLoS Genet 5, e1000691 (2009))

Furthermore, hypoxia-inducible factor-2α (HIF-2α, encoded by EPAS1) was shown to enhance promoter activities of COL10A1, MMP13 and VEGFA through specific binding to the respective hypoxia-responsive elements. (Saito, T. et al., “Transcriptional regulation of endochondral ossification by HIF-2alpha during skeletal growth and osteoarthritis development.” Nat Med 16, 678-86 (2010)) Hypoxia is known to increase VEGF transcription, translation, and mRNA stability because VEGFA is extremely sensitive to oxygen levels. VEGFA signaling of the Akt pathway can be antagonized by transpondin-1 (TSP-1) which can modulate the remodeling of the microvascular network of the developing retina. FRK has been shown to have negative function on the stimulation of microvascular survival by mediating the downstream signaling of TSP1 and the TSP receptor (CD36). (Sun, J. et al., “Thrombospondin-1 modulates VEGF-A-mediated Akt signaling and capillary survival in the developing retina.” Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 296, H1344-51 (2009)) It is quite possible that this SNP or set of SNPs in the region directly affect the expression of VEGF through either or both COL10A1 and FRK signaling.

We also investigated the specific association with geographic atrophy (GA) and neovascular (NV) subtypes of AMD in our TMMG samples respectively. Association signals on CFH, C2, CFB, C3, CFI and ARMS2/HTRA1 were also highly significant for both GA and NV compared to controls. The minor allele (T) of rs1999930 had a similar effect size for GA (OR=0.78 [0.69-0.89], P=1.0×10⁻⁴) and NV (OR=0.82 [0.75-0.90], P=4.1×10⁻⁵). The risk allele (T) of rs4711751 also had a similar magnitude of effect on GA (OR=1.23 [1.08-1.40], P=2.0×10⁻³) and NV (OR=1.20 [1.09-1.32], P=2.5×10⁻⁴).

We found two novel associated loci near FRK/COL10A1 and VEGFA, and confirmed associations for ten previously published AMD loci in our combined analysis. The genetic loci associated with AMD suggest that the disease process may be explained in part by pathological activation of the alternative complement pathway (CFH, C2, CFB, C3, CFI), the imbalance of HDL cholesterol metabolism (LIPC, CETP, ABCA1) and possibly angiogenesis (VEGFA) induced by dysfunction or degradation of extracellular matrix (COL10A1, FRK, ARMS2, TIMP3).

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TABLE 3 P_1vs45_(—) SNP GENE EA OR(EA) Tufts_MPM Meta_P rs4711751 VEGFA T 1.22 2.7E−05 4.3E−11 rs6982567 GDF6 T 1.32 6.1E−06 3.6E−07 rs9366769 HCG27(0) C 0.80 9.4E−06 6.8E−07 rs1999930 FRK T 0.81 2.2E−06 1.6E−06 rs2270637 SLC18A1 G 0.81 5.4E−05 3.8E−06 rs13278062 TNFRSF10A(+0.332 kb)|CHMP7(−18.18 T 1.22 5.0E−05 3.8E−06 kb) rs7720497 ADAMTS16 G 1.45 2.1E−05 5.8E−06 chr1:163986967 TMCO1(0) T 0.57 5.4E−05 7.8E−06 rs1443179 INTU T 1.66 1.4E−06 8.9E−06 rs513683 P4HA3(0) C 0.85 7.6E−05 1.4E−05 rs7626245 FILIP1L(0)|C3orf26(0) C 1.36 6.6E−05 1.6E−05 rs12632105 RHO(−139 kb)|MBD4(−41.36 kb)|IFT122(−50.53 C 1.25 8.1E−05 2.0E−05 kb)|H1FX(+73.32 kb)|COPG(−111.8 kb) rs2052572 TSHZ3(+107.3 kb) A 1.19 4.4E−05 2.3E−05 rs6587759 ZNF692(+10.26 kb)|SH3BP5L(+43.38 kb) A 1.44 4.2E−05 3.6E−05 |PGBD2(−36.91 kb)| chr22:33891064 ISX(+77.68 kb)|HMG2L1(−92.42 kb) T 0.51 9.9E−06 4.3E−05 rs16965939 TMCO5 T 0.64 1.1E−06 4.5E−05 rs3760775 FUT3 T 0.66 1.3E−05 5.1E−05 chr12:8919954 A2ML1(0) T 0.48 4.7E−05 5.4E−05 rs10103808 FAM135B(0) T 1.34 1.9E−05 7.1E−05 chr2:180796214 KIAA1604(+216.2 kb) A 0.81 3.9E−05 8.6E−05 rs2883171 CDH12(−477.3 kb) G 1.29 7.2E−05 8.7E−05 rs2037156 EPHA7(−434.6 kb) G 1.27 7.9E−06 1.1E−04 rs6531212 WDR35(+148.1 kb)|TTC32(+236.3 kb)|S T 0.83 2.1E−05 1.3E−04 DC1(−62.54 kb)|PUM2(−110.4 kb)|MATN3(+125.6 kb)|LAPTM4A(+86.58 kb) rs2798832 TAF3(+129.4 kb)|KIN(+356.1 kb)|ITIH2(+394.6 T 1.22 5.5E−05 1.3E−04 kb)|ITIH5(+477.2 kb)|GATA3(+68.93 kb)|FLJ45983(+90.65 kb)|ATP5C1(+336.3 kb) rs8053796 CNTNAP4 T 1.27 4.4E−06 1.6E−04 rs1851808 MRPL19(+489.6 kb) G 1.20 2.7E−05 2.2E−04 rs10067691 SDCCAG10(0) A 0.67 1.7E−05 2.4E−04 chr10:57479107 ZWINT(−308.1 kb) A 1.29 8.3E−05 2.4E−04 rs728371 MOXD1(−134.9 kb)|CTGF(+209.8 kb) A 1.23 4.7E−06 2.4E−04 rs4967980 USP31(+23 kb)|UBFD1(−385.3 C 1.23 3.9E−05 2.5E−04 kb)|SCNN1B(−130 kb)|SCNN1G(−10.45 kb)|COG7(−216.2 kb) rs1540819 LSAMP(+563.4 kb) T 1.17 9.7E−05 2.8E−04 rs529478 NEDD4L(0) T 0.83 3.3E−05 2.8E−04 rs1915098 IGSF11(−421 kb) A 0.78 2.7E−06 2.9E−04 chr4:86206508 WDFY3(+99.94 kb) T 0.61 6.9E−05 3.0E−04 chr5:113645446 KCNN2(−80.47 kb) G 1.29 5.5E−05 3.2E−04 chr11:124212812 ROBO3(−27.68 kb)|C11orf61(+37.3 kb) T 1.60 6.7E−05 3.5E−04 rs12520598 GCNT4(+22.83 kb)|HMGCR(−283.5 kb) T 0.70 4.2E−05 3.5E−04 rs11067403 TBX3(+404 kb) C 0.84 5.7E−05 3.8E−04 chr5:149749881 TCOF1(0) C 1.38 9.2E−05 3.9E−04 rs1079982 ANKRD54, CARD10, CARMA3, CDC42E T 0.65 3.0E−06 4.0E−04 P1, FLJ00017, GALR3, GCAT, GGA1, H1F 0, LGALS1, LGALS2, LRRC62, MFNG, NO L12, PDXP, PSCD4, RAC2, SH3BP1, TRIO BP rs12908430 GANC(0) A 0.71 5.3E−05 4.2E−04 rs4256145 OTOL1(+488.4 kb) G 0.84 3.6E−05 4.7E−04 chr8:123521912 ZHX2(−341.2 kb) A 1.78 3.6E−05 4.7E−04 rs9328048 IRF4(−675.1 kb) T 0.78 2.3E−06 4.9E−04 chr1:59476907 FGGY(−58.3 kb) A 0.57 9.9E−05 5.6E−04 rs7783337 DGKB G 1.27 8.8E−05 5.7E−04 chr15:35201758 MEIS2(+20.97 kb) T 1.39 8.8E−05 6.4E−04 chr1:85757359 DDAH1(+53.95 kb)|CYR61(−61.69 kb) T 0.70 8.3E−05 6.5E−04 rs2491146 SDC3(−13.09 kb)|PUM1(−75.13 A 0.82 2.4E−05 6.6E−04 kb)|MATN1(+132.3 kb)|LAPTM5(+98.56 kb) chr4:182189551 ODZ3(−1293 kb) G 1.74 2.6E−06 6.8E−04 chr1:100166675 AGL(+4.508 kb)|SLC35A3(−41.45 kb) T 1.50 1.8E−05 7.0E−04 rs11854658 MFGE8(+54.89 kb)|HAPLN3(+72.78 kb)| G 0.82 3.9E−06 7.6E−04 ACAN(+92.97 kb)|ABHD2(−119.9 kb) rs1912795 B3GALTL(0) A 1.19 3.2E−05 8.6E−04 chr19:14775139 OR7C1(+3.191 kb)|OR7A5(−23 kb) A 0.71 6.6E−05 8.7E−04 chr11:1768072 CTSD(−231.9 kb) A 0.75 4.8E−06 9.1E−04 rs7958529 ACVR1B, ACVRL1, bpl_41- G 0.80 5.5E−05 9.5E−04 16, C12orf44, GRASP, KRT6A, KRT6B, KR T6C, KRT7, KRT75, KRT80, KRT81, KRT8 2, KRT83, KRT84, KRT85, KRT86, NR4A1 rs17071512 NDFIP2(0) C 0.71 1.1E−05 9.7E−04 rs4260755 HMGCLL1(0) A 1.20 7.5E−05 9.8E−04 rs2024393 ZC3H7A(+30.67 kb)|TXNDC11(+70.43 kb) T 1.53 7.5E−05 1.0E−03 |TNFRSF17(−151.9 kb)|SNN(+134.1 kb)|RUNDC2A(−163.5 kb)|RSL1D1(−20.98 kb)|GSPT1(−54.91 kb) rs12632671 TKT A 1.50 5.7E−05 1.1E−03 rs13253938 ZFAT(+315.9 kb)|KHDRBS3(−428.6 kb) G 0.83 3.0E−05 1.1E−03 rs343718 TBX20(+335.4 kb)|SEPT7(−212 A 0.84 5.7E−05 1.1E−03 kb)|HERPUD2(−43.64 kb) rs1384044 SGGZ(−276.3 kb)|DLC1(+298.6 kb) T 0.84 1.7E−05 1.1E−03 chr4:23188024 PPARGC1A(−214.7 kb) A 0.78 5.3E−05 1.2E−03 rs722782 MYOM2(−1494 kb) A 0.76 5.2E−05 1.4E−03 rs1737478 CREG1 T 1.21 8.5E−05 1.4E−03 rs5771717 FAM19A5 A 1.36 9.5E−06 1.5E−03 rs164700 EFNA5(0) A 1.27 9.3E−05 1.5E−03 rs7623235 DKFZp667G2110(0) A 1.26 5.2E−05 1.6E−03 rs6685751 SPHAR(−384.2 kb)|RHOU(+173.5 kb)|RAB4A(−350.9 A 1.27 6.0E−05 1.7E−03 kb) rs1358395 GRM3(−34.61 kb) A 0.84 9.4E−05 1.7E−03 chr10:88344492 WAPAL(+72.97 kb)|OPN4(−59.8 kb) A 1.29 2.0E−05 1.7E−03 rs11183802 FAM113B A 1.45 4.2E−06 1.8E−03 chr3:116361297 ZBTB20(+12.48 kb) T 0.73 1.1E−05 1.9E−03 rs5015852 ENPP3(0) T 0.58 6.5E−05 2.2E−03 rs10848645 CACNA1C(0) G 1.19 9.4E−05 2.2E−03 chr10:56380194 PCDH15(+149.1 kb) G 1.68 4.3E−05 2.3E−03 rs28621471 MAPK10 A 0.76 3.7E−05 2.5E−03 chr8:40099493 INDO(+194.4 kb) T 1.63 8.9E−05 2.7E−03 rs16822447 RAP2B(+65.39 kb) T 0.78 9.0E−05 2.7E−03 rs9291737 FLJ37543(+74.42 kb) T 0.84 1.3E−05 2.7E−03 chr2:44132778 PPM1B(−116.7 kb)|LRPPRC(+56.13 kb) G 0.71 5.5E−05 2.9E−03 rs2376241 RELL1(−428.5 kb)|C4orf19(−291.6 kb) T 1.20 8.0E−05 3.0E−03 rs10225927 VSTM2A(+132.5 kb)|SEC61G(−50.53 G 1.22 9.1E−05 3.1E−03 kb)|EGFR(−317.3 kb) rs8011890 TCL1B A 1.41 2.3E−05 3.1E−03 rs6679773 USH2A(+36.74 kb)|TGFB2(−1886 T 2.75 5.3E−05 3.4E−03 kb)|SPATA17(−1171 kb)|RRP15(−1825 kb)|PTPN14(+1909 kb)|KCTD3(+838.3 kb)|KCNK2(+1223 kb)|GPATCH2(−970.4 kb)|ESRRG(−43.11 kb)|CENPF(+1796 kb) rs13192030 SESN1(0) T 0.62 7.8E−05 3.4E−03 chr11:104185708 CASP4(−133.1 kb) T 2.19 2.7E−05 4.2E−03 rs1367068 C4BPAL1, C4BPA, CD55 G 0.74 5.6E−07 4.5E−03 rs1867348 IGF2R(0) T 1.34 5.2E−05 4.5E−03 rs8076470 SPATA20 T 1.21 4.0E−06 4.9E−03 rs251525 NDUFS4(−271 kb)|MOCS2(+179.9 G 1.19 8.1E−05 5.2E−03 kb)|ITGA2(+194.9 kb)|ITGA1(+336 kb)|FST(−191.1 kb) rs17408651 ELTD1(+115.3 kb) T 0.69 7.5E−05 5.5E−03 rs1360751 RREB1(0) A 1.18 7.4E−05 6.0E−03 chr5:165133520 ODZ2(−1511 kb) C 0.78 1.0E−05 6.1E−03 rs8091635 BRUNOL4(+711.5 kb) T 1.25 8.1E−06 6.1E−03 chr6:162467903 PARK2(0) A 0.76 8.9E−05 6.7E−03 rs7260457 LILRB3 C 0.61 2.1E−05 7.3E−03 chr15:47957127 ATP8B4(0) T 0.67 3.8E−05 7.4E−03 rs13094238 MME(−18.73 kb) C 0.68 1.4E−05 7.4E−03 rs12798294 PDGFD(0) C 0.83 3.5E−05 8.0E−03 rs9308649 CNTNAP5(0) T 0.81 1.7E−05 8.2E−03 rs10503493 SGCZ(0) A 0.68 6.8E−05 8.2E−03 rs9461856 SYNGAP1(0) A 0.85 5.3E−05 8.4E−03 rs11592003 KLF6(+127.8 kb) C 0.79 4.8E−05 9.1E−03 chr12:11233234 TAS2R42(+2.424 kb) A 1.29 2.1E−05 9.3E−03 rs10768315 RAG2(+1021 kb) T 0.81 2.0E−05 1.0E−02 rs2730613 MRPS24 C 0.83 1.5E−05 1.2E−02 rs10280782 TRA2A, IGF2BP3, CLK2P G 0.75 2.6E−06 1.3E−02 rs7094579 RPP30(−238.9 kb)|HTR7(−107.8 T 0.70 8.4E−05 1.3E−02 kb)|ANKRD1(−279 kb) chr5:26212150 CDH9(−704.3 kb) C 0.70 3.9E−05 1.4E−02 rs2135548 FOXP1(0) G 1.20 9.4E−05 1.5E−02 rs625761 TMEM133(−218.2 kb)|PGR(−255.8 G 0.82 9.7E−05 1.5E−02 kb)∥CNTN5(+417.1 kb) rs1418473 DAB1(−16.87 A 1.57 3.0E−06 1.6E−02 kb)|C8B(+15.02 kb)|C8A(+62.82 kb) rs2277252 ARHGAP12(−98.91 kb) A 1.23 6.4E−06 2.6E−02 rs4073997 NPLOC4(0) C 1.26 9.8E−05 3.0E−02 chr17:72483712 MGAT5B(+25.65 kb) G 0.63 5.3E−05 3.1E−02 rs1492116 AEBP2(+312 kb) C 0.82 6.4E−05 3.4E−02 rs9713311 CDGAP(0) C 1.18 5.9E−05 3.5E−02 rs2127740 PSMD7(−598.4 kb) A 1.29 3.3E−05 3.9E−02 chr6:119117772 PLN(+129.5 kb)|MCM9(−155.7 T 0.71 4.0E−05 4.0E−02 kb)|ASF1A(−145.9 kb) rs1789110 MBP C 1.22 2.3E−06 4.7E−02 chr16:17310751 XYLT1(0) G 0.72 2.7E−05 4.7E−02 rs235195 TUBB1(−48.54 kb)|TH1L(−10.54 A 1.37 5.1E−05 7.5E−02 kb)|STX16(+291.2 kb)|SLMO2(−62.43 kb)|NPEPL1(+254.9 kb)|GNAS(+59.52 kb)|CTSZ(−24.47 kb)|ATP5E(−57.97 kb) rs11596472 ARL5B(+385.1 kb) G 1.42 6.1E−06 8.7E−02 rs12926103 FOXF1(−172.4 kb) A 1.41 2.7E−05 1.5E−01 rs17155281 HIBADH(−56.23 kb) C 0.79 3.3E−05 1.9E−01 rs135912 PRR5(−270.7 kb)|PARVB(+276.2 kb)|PARVG(+238.7 G 0.77 9.1E−05 2.2E−01 kb)|LDOC1L(−94.52 kb)|KIAA1644(+132.5 kb) chr3:126793536 OSBPL11(0) C 0.53 9.6E−05 2.7E−01 rs16971055 TNRC6C(+225.5 kb)|TMC8(+187.5 kb)|T A 1.55 2.8E−05 2.9E−01 MC6(+198.1 kb)|TK1(+143.3 kb)|SYNGR 2(+157.5 kb)|SOCS3(−26.32 kb)|PGS1(−48.19 kb)|BIRC5(+104.8 kb)|AFMID(+122.8 kb)

TABLE 4 IMP SNP CHR:BP A1 A2 FRQ_1 FRQ_45 FRQ_4 FRQ_5 P_1vs45 1KG rs1367068 1:205461564 A G 0.7715 0.8076 0.8035 0.8101 5.60E−07 1KG rs1443179 4:128495772 T G 0.0587 0.077 0.0856 0.0732 1.44E−06 1KG rs9328048 6:1324870 T C 0.3985 0.3608 0.3645 0.3591 2.26E−06 1KG chr4: 182189551 4:182189551 A G 0.894 0.8848 0.8894 0.882 2.58E−06 1KG rs1915098 3:119681130 A G 0.2202 0.1857 0.1744 0.192 2.74E−06 1KG rs1418473 1:57219300 A G 0.0511 0.0785 0.0873 0.074 3.03E−06 1KG rs11183802 12:45893566 A G 0.0929 0.1221 0.1099 0.1276 4.17E−06 1KG rs728371 6:132523980 A G 0.3117 0.3509 0.3601 0.3469 4.69E−06 1KG chr11: 1768072 11:1768072 A G 0.1756 0.1443 0.1485 0.1425 4.81E−06 1KG rs11596472 10:19392088 A G 0.8158 0.7885 0.778 0.7939 6.06E−06 1KG rs6982567 8:96819457 T C 0.1321 0.1714 0.1582 0.1778 6.14E−06 1KG rs2277252 10:32036318 A G 0.4581 0.4968 0.4978 0.4974 6.45E−06 1KG rs8091635 18:34111545 T C 0.3605 0.4065 0.3814 0.4189 8.08E−06 1KG rs9366769 6:31277268 T C 0.7696 0.8052 0.81 0.8026 9.42E−06 1KG rs5771717 22:47467676 A G 0.0904 0.1136 0.1473 0.0989 9.52E−06 1KG chr22: 33891064 22:33891064 T C 0.0767 0.0618 0.0651 0.0602 9.91E−06 1KG chr5: 165133520 5:165133520 T C 0.8074 0.8402 0.8363 0.8429 1.02E−05 1KG chr3: 116361297 3:116361297 T C 0.197 0.1745 0.1779 0.1734 1.07E−05 1KG rs17071512 13:78960018 T C 0.877 0.8999 0.8931 0.9027 1.08E−05 1KG rs1384044 8:13715406 T C 0.53 0.4926 0.4865 0.4962 1.66E−05 1KG rs9308649 2:124751486 A T 0.7856 0.8183 0.827 0.8143 1.71E−05 1KG rs10067691 5:64292165 A G 0.1102 0.0917 0.095 0.0897 1.72E−05 1KG chr1: 100166675 1:100166675 T C 0.0469 0.061 0.0666 0.0585 1.81E−05 1KG rs10768315 11:37597461 T C 0.2262 0.2126 0.2041 0.2166 2.00E−05 1KG chr10: 88344492 10:88344492 A C 0.1391 0.163 0.1577 0.1659 2.03E−05 1KG rs7260457 19:59425996 C G 0.2151 0.1969 0.1929 0.1986 2.07E−05 1KG chr12: 11233234 12:11233234 A T 0.2622 0.2941 0.2924 0.2934 2.14E−05 1KG rs2491146 1:31101812 A G 0.4538 0.4187 0.4062 0.4238 2.38E−05 1KG chr16: 17310751 16:17310751 A G 0.8922 0.9123 0.9132 0.9114 2.66E−05 1KG rs4711751 6:43936560 T C 0.5164 0.5475 0.5531 0.5445 2.66E−05 1KG chr11: 104185708 11:104185708 T G 0.0696 0.076 0.076 0.0762 2.75E−05 1KG rs1851808 2:76232489 A G 0.6391 0.5946 0.601 0.5908 2.75E−05 1KG rs13253938 8:136110326 A G 0.4529 0.5041 0.5015 0.5043 2.96E−05 1KG rs529478 18:53934507 A T 0.4692 0.5086 0.5017 0.5109 3.33E−05 1KG rs12798294 11:103362906 C G 0.3164 0.2803 0.2821 0.2803 3.46E−05 1KG chr8: 123521912 8:123521912 A G 0.0874 0.1017 0.0967 0.1036 3.59E−05 1KG rs28621471 4:86877248 A G 0.3046 0.2786 0.2856 0.2751 3.73E−05 1KG chr15: 47957127 15:47957127 T G 0.097 0.0757 0.0702 0.0778 3.80E−05 1KG chr5: 26212150 5:26212150 T C 0.9194 0.9394 0.9405 0.9384 3.92E−05 1KG chr2: 180796214 2:180796214 A C 0.2095 0.1777 0.1783 0.177 3.93E−05 1KG rs4967980 16:23091095 T C 0.7845 0.7499 0.7452 0.7526 3.93E−05 1KG chr6: 119117772 6:119117772 T C 0.1086 0.0892 0.0797 0.0932 4.04E−05 1KG rs12520598 5:74385314 T C 0.1107 0.092 0.0856 0.0953 4.22E−05 1KG chr10: 56380194 10:56380194 A G 0.898 0.8876 0.8849 0.8888 4.33E−05 1KG chr12: 8919954 12:8919954 A T 0.9248 0.9348 0.9326 0.9358 4.66E−05 1KG rs11592003 10:3945290 T C 0.8209 0.85 0.8582 0.846 4.79E−05 1KG rs235195 20:56979160 A G 0.1339 0.1479 0.1444 0.15 5.07E−05 1KG rs7623235 3:99135842 A T 0.201 0.2268 0.2143 0.2319 5.19E−05 1KG chr4: 23188024 4:23188024 A T 0.1683 0.1431 0.1447 0.141 5.26E−05 1KG rs12908430 15:40375218 A G 0.162 0.1442 0.1401 0.1456 5.29E−05 1KG chr17: 72483712 17:72483712 A G 0.9281 0.939 0.9384 0.9389 5.30E−05 1KG rs6679773 1:214700097 T C 0.0688 0.0766 0.0787 0.0756 5.30E−05 1KG chr1: 163986967 1:163986967 T C 0.066 0.0553 0.0503 0.0575 5.42E−05 1KG rs7958529 12:50881293 C G 0.7298 0.7572 0.7584 0.7575 5.45E−05 1KG chr2: 44132778 2:44132778 A G 0.865 0.8855 0.8887 0.8844 5.50E−05 1KG chr5: 113645446 5:113645446 C G 0.8718 0.8494 0.8425 0.8529 5.54E−05 1KG rs11067403 12:114010367 T C 0.6488 0.6846 0.6629 0.6935 5.65E−05 1KG rs343718 7:35595154 A C 0.4303 0.3598 0.3814 0.3503 5.71E−05 1KG rs6685751 1:227122574 A C 0.4817 0.5145 0.5116 0.5159 6.00E−05 1KG rs1492116 12:19878442 T C 0.7597 0.7886 0.7765 0.7942 6.45E−05 1KG rs5015852 6:132002096 A T 0.8648 0.8791 0.8809 0.8781 6.50E−05 1KG chr19: 14775139 19:14775139 A G 0.1123 0.0947 0.0935 0.0949 6.58E−05 1KG chr11: 124212812 11:124212812 T C 0.0946 0.106 0.1074 0.1056 6.67E−05 1KG rs10503493 8:14247492 A C 0.0583 0.0416 0.0377 0.0439 6.78E−05 1KG chr4: 86206508 4:86206508 T C 0.0806 0.0669 0.0578 0.071 6.94E−05 1KG rs2883171 5:21309600 T G 0.8852 0.8609 0.8625 0.8605 7.25E−05 1KG rs1360751 6:7152544 A C 0.5214 0.5563 0.5644 0.5526 7.38E−05 1KG rs2024393 16:11814579 T C 0.1323 0.1506 0.1556 0.1482 7.45E−05 1KG rs4260755 6:55456674 A C 0.3446 0.3881 0.3802 0.3905 7.49E−05 1KG rs17408651 1:79360392 T G 0.1211 0.1057 0.1072 0.1044 7.50E−05 1KG rs13192030 6:109470664 A T 0.8935 0.9066 0.9076 0.9058 7.84E−05 1KG rs12632105 3:130591125 C G 0.165 0.1818 0.2174 0.1663 8.06E−05 1KG chr1: 85757359 1:85757359 T C 0.1217 0.1063 0.1025 0.1082 8.26E−05 1KG chr10: 57479107 10:57479107 A C 0.0961 0.1202 0.1232 0.1194 8.31E−05 1KG rs7094579 10:92382787 T C 0.064 0.045 0.0467 0.0446 8.38E−05 1KG chr15: 35201758 15:35201758 T G 0.1305 0.1462 0.1421 0.1479 8.75E−05 1KG chr6: 162467903 6:162467903 A G 0.1204 0.0945 0.1012 0.092 8.90E−05 1KG chr8: 40099493 8:40099493 A T 0.9144 0.9013 0.9023 0.9012 8.92E−05 1KG rs16822447 3:154434339 A T 0.8267 0.8484 0.8354 0.8546 9.03E−05 1KG rs135912 22:43172593 A G 0.828 0.8533 0.851 0.8544 9.13E−05 1KG chr5: 149749881 5:149749881 C G 0.0572 0.0765 0.0778 0.0755 9.18E−05 1KG rs2135548 3:71584585 A G 0.7682 0.7325 0.729 0.7345 9.36E−05 1KG rs1358395 7:86076557 A G 0.3321 0.3001 0.2996 0.3008 9.41E−05 1KG chr3: 126793536 3:126793536 A C 0.9216 0.9328 0.934 0.9324 9.64E−05 1KG rs625761 11:100149779 A G 0.7544 0.7843 0.8014 0.7773 9.68E−05 1KG rs1540819 3:118210505 T C 0.4972 0.5379 0.518 0.546 9.74E−05 1KG rs4073997 17:77136846 C G 0.2583 0.2845 0.2673 0.2923 9.79E−05 1KG chr1: 59476907 1:59476907 A G 0.0974 0.0879 0.0854 0.0891 9.88E−05 HM3 rs16965939 15:35992085 T C 0.1076 0.085 0.0803 0.0862 1.11E−06 HM3 rs1999930 6:116493827 T C 0.3083 0.261 0.2599 0.261 2.22E−06 HM3 rs1789110 18:72988032 A C 0.6301 0.5853 0.5554 0.5993 2.35E−06 HM3 rs10280782 7:23550807 A G 0.8464 0.8778 0.8639 0.8833 2.61E−06 HM3 rs1079982 22:36259705 T G 0.0699 0.046 0.0433 0.0473 3.01E−06 HM3 rs11854658 15:87312556 A G 0.636 0.6783 0.6726 0.6794 3.87E−06 HM3 rs8076470 17:45980827 T C 0.3673 0.404 0.4037 0.4043 3.98E−06 HM3 rs8053796 16:74921678 T C 0.2393 0.2701 0.2808 0.2653 4.39E−06 HM3 rs2037156 6:93573222 A G 0.8273 0.7909 0.7932 0.7901 7.94E−06 HM3 rs3760775 19:5792356 T G 0.0675 0.0485 0.0463 0.0498 1.27E−05 HM3 rs9291737 5:61112540 A T 0.5787 0.6184 0.6177 0.6213 1.30E−05 HM3 rs13094238 3:156261403 T C 0.8449 0.8656 0.8752 0.8612 1.36E−05 HM3 rs2730613 7:43880667 A C 0.6269 0.6643 0.6733 0.6613 1.47E−05 HM3 rs10103808 8:139212254 A T 0.9102 0.8883 0.8914 0.8876 1.92E−05 HM3 rs7720497 5:5291813 C G 0.9484 0.9279 0.9277 0.9281 2.05E−05 HM3 rs6531212 2:20201501 T C 0.3554 0.3169 0.3261 0.3121 2.13E−05 HM3 rs8011890 14:95216646 A C 0.0797 0.1028 0.1059 0.1007 2.34E−05 HM3 rs12926103 16:84929276 A G 0.0569 0.0764 0.0767 0.0775 2.67E−05 HM3 rs16971055 17:73838135 A G 0.0849 0.0976 0.1005 0.0965 2.83E−05 HM3 rs1912795 13:30736688 A G 0.4275 0.4639 0.4618 0.4659 3.21E−05 HM3 rs2127740 16:72289810 A G 0.1145 0.1393 0.1393 0.1383 3.30E−05 HM3 rs17155281 7:27475356 T C 0.69 0.719 0.7299 0.7141 3.34E−05 HM3 rs4256145 3:163192835 A G 0.6505 0.694 0.702 0.6903 3.62E−05 HM3 rs6587759 1:247130153 A G 0.0579 0.0711 0.066 0.0736 4.17E−05 HM3 rs2052572 19:36639376 A G 0.3041 0.3451 0.3493 0.3435 4.43E−05 HM3 rs13278062 8:23138916 T G 0.5113 0.5457 0.5218 0.5569 5.01E−05 HM3 rs722782 8:506479 A C 0.1081 0.0836 0.065 0.0915 5.22E−05 HM3 rs1867348 6:160376153 T C 0.0723 0.0979 0.1091 0.0934 5.23E−05 HM3 rs9461856 6:33503177 A G 0.5248 0.4881 0.478 0.4934 5.32E−05 HM3 rs2270637 8:20081107 C G 0.8007 0.8279 0.8311 0.8271 5.44E−05 HM3 rs2798832 10:8226099 T C 0.2312 0.2625 0.2636 0.2613 5.54E−05 HM3 rs12632671 3:53233464 A G 0.0413 0.0583 0.044 0.0636 5.73E−05 HM3 rs9713311 3:120558458 T C 0.6302 0.5938 0.5841 0.5983 5.87E−05 HM3 rs7626245 3:101053451 C G 0.0642 0.0869 0.0884 0.0869 6.63E−05 HM3 rs513683 11:73662041 C G 0.4594 0.4218 0.4183 0.4237 7.56E−05 HM3 rs2376241 4:36840346 T G 0.2416 0.2741 0.2854 0.2706 7.95E−05 HM3 rs251525 5:52621268 A G 0.6907 0.6564 0.6454 0.6633 8.06E−05 HM3 rs1737478 1:165795961 T C 0.2189 0.2486 0.2452 0.2501 8.47E−05 HM3 rs7783337 7:14123511 A G 0.8694 0.8452 0.8345 0.8501 8.84E−05 HM3 rs10225927 7:54736904 A G 0.8098 0.7807 0.7796 0.7809 9.06E−05 HM3 rs164700 5:106936632 A C 0.1396 0.1709 0.1727 0.1696 9.26E−05 HM3 rs10848645 12:2290505 A G 0.5848 0.5515 0.5417 0.5561 9.39E−05 IMP SNP P_1vs5 P_1vs4 P_4vs5 OR_1vs45 OR_1vs5 OR_1vs4 1KG rs1367068 2.18E−06 0.001938 0.6018 1.3457 1.3741 1.3071 1KG rs1443179 0.0004505 1.73E−06 0.1242 1.6593 1.5105 1.9613 1KG rs9328048 1.12E−05 0.002746 0.7665 0.7763 0.7699 0.7915 1KG chr4: 182189551 3.87E−07 0.04747 0.03589 0.5758 0.5205 0.7122 1KG rs1915098 0.0004493 5.65E−05 0.1709 0.7849 0.8175 0.7324 1KG rs1418473 0.002335 2.07E−07 0.02957 1.5676 1.3911 1.9294 1KG rs11183802 6.17E−07 0.05563 0.116 1.4459 1.5481 1.2508 1KG rs728371 8.69E−05 0.0003392 0.4542 1.2293 1.2178 1.2604 1KG chr11: 1768072 2.80E−05 0.005699 0.6279 0.7511 0.7449 0.7758 1KG rs11596472 0.0007817 4.20E−06 0.03616 0.7061 0.7516 0.6049 1KG rs6982567 4.59E−06 0.008215 0.4558 1.3214 1.3598 1.2698 1KG rs2277252 4.35E−05 0.001441 0.9691 1.2345 1.2354 1.239 1KG rs8091635 1.81E−07 0.2065 0.009328 1.2464 1.3295 1.0944 1KG rs9366769 0.0002831 0.0004622 0.3999 1.2501 1.2274 1.2983 1KG rs5771717 0.08595 3.48E−11 7.10E−07 1.3632 1.1502 1.8242 1KG chr22: 33891064 3.12E−05 0.0119 0.4455 0.5118 0.4814 0.5707 1KG chr5: 165133520 4.59E−05 0.004485 0.6401 1.2744 1.2886 1.257 1KG chr3: 116361297 1.99E−05 0.0154 0.5013 0.7342 0.7127 0.7793 1KG rs17071512 5.38E−06 0.04102 0.22 1.4055 1.4971 1.2542 1KG rs1384044 0.0003344 0.001241 0.7053 0.8377 0.8481 0.8247 1KG rs9308649 0.0008531 0.00026 0.3382 1.2416 1.2059 1.3153 1KG rs10067691 2.20E−05 0.01173 0.49 0.6712 0.6389 0.7115 1KG chr1: 100166675 0.0002956 0.0004285 0.4504 1.4999 1.4689 1.5723 1KG rs10768315 0.0004323 0.003677 0.9683 0.8058 0.8205 0.8053 1KG chr10: 88344492 2.88E−05 0.01875 0.3949 1.2872 1.3154 1.2204 1KG rs7260457 0.00104 0.0002468 0.2306 0.6139 0.6586 0.5268 1KG chr12: 11233234 0.0001776 0.002787 0.7035 1.2854 1.2752 1.2883 1KG rs2491146 0.001371 0.0002038 0.2376 0.8228 0.8478 0.7798 1KG chr16: 17310751 0.0002343 0.004891 0.8523 1.392 1.3852 1.3891 1KG rs4711751 0.0007193 0.0006112 0.6538 1.2192 1.1931 1.2684 1KG chr11: 104185708 0.0001158 0.007171 0.7311 2.1902 2.2292 2.054 1KG rs1851808 6.83E−05 0.01279 0.4495 0.8368 0.8272 0.8593 1KG rs13253938 0.0002487 0.003161 0.8557 1.2071 1.2036 1.2116 1KG rs529478 0.0001374 0.01656 0.4809 1.2104 1.2154 1.1726 1KG rs12798294 0.0002762 0.00827 0.8248 0.825 0.8273 0.8369 1KG chr8: 123521912 4.13E−05 0.04697 0.1884 1.7769 1.8751 1.4959 1KG rs28621471 1.86E−05 0.0351 0.3624 0.7613 0.7297 0.8166 1KG chr15: 47957127 0.001928 0.0001134 0.1374 0.6679 0.7123 0.5535 1KG chr5: 26212150 0.0001975 0.0042 0.8515 1.4249 1.4366 1.4542 1KG chr2: 180796214 0.0001339 0.006444 0.9313 0.808 0.7997 0.8129 1KG rs4967980 0.0005012 0.001415 0.5372 0.815 0.825 0.7971 1KG chr6: 119117772 0.005895 4.55E−05 0.0698 0.7144 0.7789 0.5954 1KG rs12520598 0.001511 0.0006204 0.1961 0.7033 0.7367 0.637 1KG chr10: 56380194 0.0007999 0.001293 0.6541 0.5967 0.6266 0.5643 1KG chr12: 8919954 7.18E−05 0.03968 0.3457 2.0839 2.2434 1.7108 1KG rs11592003 0.001862 0.0004429 0.2299 1.2621 1.2195 1.3556 1KG rs235195 1.40E−05 0.05916 0.2021 1.369 1.4506 1.2351 1KG rs7623235 2.27E−05 0.08935 0.127 1.2556 1.301 1.149 1KG chr4: 23188024 0.0001418 0.008275 0.6592 0.776 0.7626 0.7846 1KG rs12908430 0.001121 0.001758 0.6615 0.7128 0.7338 0.6801 1KG chr17: 72483712 0.0001566 0.02176 0.6626 1.5837 1.6182 1.474 1KG rs6679773 0.0007085 NA 0.2521 2.7548 2.4969 NA 1KG chr1: 163986967 0.002678 0.0001905 0.1079 0.5731 0.6343 0.4391 1KG rs7958529 0.0002342 0.005289 0.9156 1.2499 1.2553 1.2528 1KG chr2: 44132778 0.0007818 0.00185 0.6138 1.4121 1.38 1.4963 1KG chr5: 113645446 0.001329 0.0003113 0.3121 0.7765 0.7985 0.7276 1KG rs11067403 6.74E−06 0.3045 0.02498 1.1924 1.2475 1.0668 1KG rs343718 9.88E−05 0.03219 0.4837 0.8397 0.8269 0.8738 1KG rs6685751 0.0001216 0.007157 0.9407 1.266 1.285 1.2611 1KG rs1492116 2.06E−05 0.07507 0.1982 1.2137 1.2623 1.1328 1KG rs5015852 0.0009123 0.001753 0.4059 1.716 1.644 1.8914 1KG chr19: 14775139 0.0004184 0.004882 0.8877 0.708 0.7105 0.6955 1KG chr11: 124212812 0.0005409 0.003229 0.8919 1.5975 1.5668 1.6409 1KG rs10503493 0.001999 0.001334 0.2556 0.6846 0.7204 0.6176 1KG chr4: 86206508 0.01383 8.39E−06 0.006801 0.6116 0.7161 0.4061 1KG rs2883171 0.0002656 0.008738 0.7083 0.778 0.7754 0.7889 1KG rs1360751 0.001726 0.000897 0.4273 1.1766 1.1543 1.2186 1KG rs2024393 0.00273 4.13E−05 0.05154 1.5306 1.4228 1.8503 1KG rs4260755 0.0002045 0.01893 0.6182 1.2012 1.2095 1.1714 1KG rs17408651 0.0001251 0.01571 0.6615 0.6938 0.6705 0.72 1KG rs13192030 0.001041 0.002687 0.5341 1.6219 1.565 1.7468 1KG rs12632105 0.1604 2.08E−08 8.73E−05 1.2491 1.0953 1.5345 1KG chr1: 85757359 0.00292 0.0008545 0.2963 0.6962 0.7345 0.6301 1KG chr10: 57479107 0.0008563 0.001329 0.7289 1.2908 1.272 1.3383 1KG rs7094579 0.0003193 0.02934 0.6434 0.6999 0.6898 0.7454 1KG chr15: 35201758 4.56E−05 0.06212 0.3605 1.3907 1.4609 1.2538 1KG chr6: 162467903 9.40E−05 0.1299 0.1733 0.7609 0.7339 0.8582 1KG chr8: 40099493 0.0003539 0.00656 0.9092 0.614 0.6125 0.6257 1KG rs16822447 1.06E−05 0.1821 0.05002 1.2811 1.3679 1.1293 1KG rs135912 0.0003393 0.01279 0.7976 1.2967 1.306 1.2762 1KG chr5: 149749881 0.0003726 0.004751 0.8373 1.3802 1.3859 1.3849 1KG rs2135548 0.0007483 0.003939 0.6911 0.8336 0.8399 0.8252 1KG rs1358395 0.0002692 0.007593 0.9665 0.8423 0.8352 0.8421 1KG chr3: 126793536 0.002748 0.001379 0.5783 1.8746 1.7224 2.1493 1KG rs625761 0.008243 4.33E−05 0.04509 1.2134 1.1575 1.3536 1KG rs1540819 3.59E−05 0.1277 0.0718 1.172 1.2073 1.0942 1KG rs4073997 9.93E−07 0.4996 0.01417 1.2642 1.3908 1.0609 1KG chr1: 59476907 0.001353 0.001893 0.5084 0.571 0.5938 0.5152 HM3 rs16965939 6.28E−05 9.95E−05 0.4187 0.6414 0.6589 0.5837 HM3 rs1999930 1.79E−05 0.001342 0.9695 0.8066 0.804 0.8089 HM3 rs1789110 0.003144 8.23E−08 0.002278 0.8206 0.8707 0.7249 HM3 rs10280782 7.34E−07 0.0713 0.04504 1.3258 1.4061 1.1675 HM3 rs1079982 0.0001407 0.0006923 0.4598 0.6454 0.6686 0.6092 HM3 rs11854658 2.53E−05 0.005429 0.6806 1.2181 1.2244 1.1896 HM3 rs8076470 2.31E−05 0.001837 0.8181 1.2139 1.2196 1.2087 HM3 rs8053796 0.0002953 4.88E−05 0.1967 1.2672 1.2299 1.3492 HM3 rs2037156 4.59E−05 0.004051 0.6462 0.7899 0.7875 0.8049 HM3 rs3760775 0.0002587 0.001212 0.4955 0.6626 0.6787 0.6266 HM3 rs9291737 7.45E−05 0.002397 0.6956 1.1971 1.2005 1.2005 HM3 rs13094238 0.003017 6.57E−06 0.02605 1.4804 1.345 1.8713 HM3 rs2730613 0.0003072 0.0003156 0.3924 1.2048 1.1886 1.2562 HM3 rs10103808 4.36E−05 0.007698 0.8279 0.7472 0.7342 0.7717 HM3 rs7720497 9.58E−05 0.002133 0.956 0.6878 0.6842 0.6888 HM3 rs6531212 1.54E−05 0.04856 0.2214 0.8334 0.8124 0.8837 HM3 rs8011890 0.0004883 0.0002716 0.3724 1.4104 1.3647 1.5103 HM3 rs12926103 0.0001097 0.003454 0.8956 1.4075 1.415 1.3989 HM3 rs16971055 0.0005136 0.0009973 0.6898 1.5452 1.494 1.6131 HM3 rs1912795 6.87E−05 0.01009 0.8198 1.1918 1.2068 1.1709 HM3 rs2127740 0.0002762 0.002813 0.9732 1.2942 1.2848 1.3023 HM3 rs17155281 0.001612 0.0001765 0.1384 1.2603 1.2171 1.3623 HM3 rs4256145 0.0004254 0.001256 0.5498 1.1948 1.1844 1.2273 HM3 rs6587759 2.45E−05 0.05012 0.2593 1.4444 1.5104 1.2886 HM3 rs2052572 0.0002378 0.003662 0.8437 1.1942 1.195 1.1989 HM3 rs13278062 1.40E−06 0.345 0.01412 1.2206 1.3017 1.0697 HM3 rs722782 0.01492 1.21E−06 0.001233 0.7568 0.8319 0.5781 HM3 rs1867348 0.003738 1.45E−05 0.04783 1.3447 1.2675 1.5481 HM3 rs9461856 0.001189 0.0004144 0.3166 0.849 0.863 0.8126 HM3 rs2270637 0.0004731 0.002846 0.7084 1.2348 1.2282 1.2596 HM3 rs2798832 0.0001696 0.006426 0.9931 1.2184 1.2283 1.2099 HM3 rs12632671 2.52E−06 0.5699 0.002276 1.5035 1.6643 1.0939 HM3 rs9713311 0.001113 0.0003867 0.4046 0.8472 0.8606 0.8096 HM3 rs7626245 0.0001847 0.005226 0.8963 1.3626 1.377 1.3483 HM3 rs513683 0.0008254 0.003938 0.7375 0.8496 0.8578 0.8406 HM3 rs2376241 0.0009555 0.0004383 0.2413 1.201 1.1867 1.2611 HM3 rs251525 0.004244 0.0004694 0.3072 0.842 0.8698 0.8035 HM3 rs1737478 0.00017 0.02088 0.6004 1.2064 1.2208 1.1724 HM3 rs7783337 0.003599 0.0001757 0.1258 0.7876 0.8221 0.7259 HM3 rs10225927 0.0003114 0.004791 0.9041 0.8221 0.8187 0.8162 HM3 rs164700 0.001207 0.001887 0.6632 1.268 1.242 1.3067 HM3 rs10848645 0.003688 0.0005319 0.3002 0.8371 0.863 0.7959 IMP SNP OR_4vs5 SE_1vs45 SE_1vs5 SE_1vs4 SE_4vs5 INFO_1vs45 1KG rs1367068 1.05 0.0593 0.0671 0.0864 0.0936 0.7032 1KG rs1443179 0.8045 0.1051 0.1176 0.1408 0.1415 0.5996 1KG rs9328048 0.9758 0.0535 0.0595 0.0781 0.0824 0.603 1KG chr4: 182189551 0.6905 0.1174 0.1287 0.1713 0.1765 0.3073 1KG rs1915098 1.1208 0.0517 0.0574 0.0773 0.0833 0.9527 1KG rs1418473 0.7574 0.0963 0.1085 0.1266 0.1277 0.7571 1KG rs11183802 1.209 0.0801 0.0877 0.1169 0.1208 0.6692 1KG rs728371 0.9512 0.0451 0.0502 0.0646 0.0669 0.912 1KG chr11: 1768072 0.9527 0.0626 0.0703 0.0918 0.1 0.7808 1KG rs11596472 1.2672 0.0769 0.085 0.1093 0.113 0.4398 1KG rs6982567 1.0684 0.0616 0.0671 0.0904 0.0887 0.8663 1KG rs2277252 1.0028 0.0467 0.0517 0.0673 0.0714 0.7486 1KG rs8091635 1.2164 0.0493 0.0546 0.0714 0.0753 0.7131 1KG rs9366769 0.935 0.0504 0.0564 0.0746 0.0798 0.9597 1KG rs5771717 0.619 0.07 0.0815 0.0907 0.0967 0.9131 1KG chr22: 33891064 0.8256 0.1516 0.1755 0.223 0.2512 0.2964 1KG chr5: 165133520 1.0415 0.0549 0.0622 0.0805 0.0869 0.939 1KG chr3: 116361297 0.9288 0.0702 0.0794 0.1029 0.1098 0.5552 1KG rs17071512 1.1656 0.0773 0.0887 0.1108 0.125 0.7041 1KG rs1384044 1.0241 0.0411 0.0459 0.0597 0.0629 0.9648 1KG rs9308649 0.9256 0.0503 0.0561 0.075 0.0807 1.0129 1KG rs10067691 0.9027 0.0927 0.1056 0.1351 0.1483 0.5304 1KG chr1: 100166675 0.9069 0.0946 0.1062 0.1285 0.1294 0.9209 1KG rs10768315 0.9969 0.0506 0.0562 0.0746 0.0789 0.9621 1KG chr10: 88344492 1.0785 0.0592 0.0655 0.0847 0.0888 0.91 1KG rs7260457 1.2508 0.1146 0.1273 0.1748 0.1867 0.1927 1KG chr12: 11233234 0.9674 0.0591 0.0648 0.0847 0.087 0.5826 1KG rs2491146 1.0885 0.0461 0.0516 0.067 0.0718 0.7785 1KG chr16: 17310751 0.9766 0.0787 0.0886 0.1168 0.1273 0.7538 1KG rs4711751 0.9686 0.0472 0.0522 0.0694 0.0711 0.7326 1KG chr11: 104185708 1.0996 0.187 0.208 0.2677 0.2762 0.1749 1KG rs1851808 0.9521 0.0425 0.0476 0.0609 0.0649 0.9525 1KG rs13253938 0.9875 0.0451 0.0506 0.065 0.0693 0.8145 1KG rs529478 1.0503 0.046 0.0512 0.0665 0.0697 0.7669 1KG rs12798294 0.9841 0.0465 0.0521 0.0674 0.0726 0.9005 1KG chr8: 123521912 1.3131 0.1391 0.1533 0.2027 0.2071 0.2493 1KG rs28621471 0.9115 0.0661 0.0736 0.0962 0.1018 0.4485 1KG chr15: 47957127 1.2761 0.098 0.1094 0.1532 0.1641 0.548 1KG chr5: 26212150 0.9743 0.0861 0.0973 0.1308 0.1388 0.8648 1KG chr2: 180796214 1.007 0.0519 0.0585 0.076 0.0812 0.9746 1KG rs4967980 1.0468 0.0498 0.0553 0.071 0.0741 0.9209 1KG chr6: 119117772 1.2821 0.0819 0.0908 0.1272 0.1371 0.6885 1KG rs12520598 1.1972 0.0859 0.0963 0.1318 0.1392 0.6284 1KG chr10: 56380194 1.0826 0.1263 0.1394 0.1778 0.1771 0.2768 1KG chr12: 8919954 1.3077 0.1803 0.2035 0.261 0.2845 0.1932 1KG rs11592003 0.8948 0.0573 0.0638 0.0866 0.0926 0.9071 1KG rs235195 1.1619 0.0775 0.0856 0.1119 0.1176 0.5644 1KG rs7623235 1.1385 0.0562 0.0621 0.0818 0.085 0.7698 1KG chr4: 23188024 0.957 0.0627 0.0712 0.0919 0.0996 0.795 1KG rs12908430 1.0615 0.0838 0.095 0.1233 0.1362 0.463 1KG chr17: 72483712 1.0827 0.1137 0.1273 0.1691 0.1821 0.5091 1KG rs6679773 0.7295 0.2507 0.2702 NA 0.2753 0.1192 1KG chr1: 163986967 1.4572 0.1379 0.1516 0.2206 0.2342 0.3787 1KG rs7958529 0.9908 0.0553 0.0618 0.0808 0.087 0.6987 1KG chr2: 44132778 0.9334 0.0856 0.0959 0.1294 0.1366 0.5156 1KG chr5: 113645446 1.0967 0.0627 0.0701 0.0882 0.0913 0.8665 1KG rs11067403 1.163 0.0437 0.0491 0.063 0.0673 0.9642 1KG rs343718 0.9543 0.0434 0.0488 0.063 0.0669 0.9767 1KG rs6685751 1.0067 0.0588 0.0653 0.0863 0.0895 0.474 1KG rs1492116 1.101 0.0485 0.0547 0.0701 0.0748 1.0041 1KG rs5015852 0.8311 0.1352 0.1499 0.2037 0.2225 0.2025 1KG chr19: 14775139 1.0195 0.0865 0.0969 0.129 0.1367 0.5933 1KG chr11: 124212812 0.9775 0.1175 0.1298 0.1682 0.1678 0.3298 1KG rs10503493 1.1983 0.0951 0.1061 0.1502 0.1591 0.9801 1KG chr4: 86206508 1.7899 0.1236 0.1357 0.2023 0.2151 0.4013 1KG rs2883171 0.9659 0.0633 0.0698 0.0904 0.0927 0.9269 1KG rs1360751 0.9508 0.041 0.0458 0.0595 0.0636 0.975 1KG rs2024393 0.745 0.1074 0.1177 0.1501 0.1512 0.3005 1KG rs4260755 1.0355 0.0463 0.0512 0.0674 0.07 0.8224 1KG rs17408651 0.9376 0.0923 0.1042 0.136 0.147 0.4815 1KG rs13192030 0.8833 0.1225 0.1366 0.1858 0.1996 0.3052 1KG rs12632105 0.7223 0.0564 0.0649 0.0764 0.0829 0.9082 1KG chr1: 85757359 1.1698 0.092 0.1037 0.1385 0.1502 0.4938 1KG chr10: 57479107 0.9682 0.0649 0.0722 0.0908 0.0933 1.0046 1KG rs7094579 0.934 0.0907 0.1032 0.1348 0.1474 0.998 1KG chr15: 35201758 1.1228 0.0841 0.093 0.1213 0.1267 0.4822 1KG chr6: 162467903 0.8594 0.0697 0.0792 0.101 0.1113 0.8954 1KG chr8: 40099493 0.98 0.1245 0.1372 0.1725 0.1772 0.3212 1KG rs16822447 1.2109 0.0633 0.0711 0.0911 0.0976 0.7434 1KG rs135912 1.0272 0.0664 0.0745 0.098 0.1047 0.6941 1KG chr5: 149749881 0.9765 0.0824 0.0917 0.1153 0.1158 0.9777 1KG rs2135548 1.028 0.0466 0.0518 0.0666 0.0695 0.9989 1KG rs1358395 0.9972 0.0439 0.0494 0.0644 0.0675 0.9751 1KG chr3: 126793536 0.8615 0.1611 0.1816 0.2392 0.2683 0.2409 1KG rs625761 0.8525 0.0496 0.0554 0.074 0.0796 0.9312 1KG rs1540819 1.1184 0.0407 0.0456 0.0591 0.0622 0.9813 1KG rs4073997 1.2513 0.0602 0.0674 0.0876 0.0914 0.57 1KG chr1: 59476907 1.1589 0.1439 0.1627 0.2135 0.223 0.2323 HM3 rs16965939 1.1299 0.0912 0.1043 0.1383 0.151 0.6082 HM3 rs1999930 1.0028 0.0454 0.0509 0.0661 0.0721 0.9854 HM3 rs1789110 1.2138 0.0419 0.0469 0.06 0.0635 0.9738 HM3 rs10280782 1.2048 0.06 0.0688 0.0859 0.093 0.9737 HM3 rs1079982 1.1237 0.0938 0.1057 0.1461 0.1578 0.9122 HM3 rs11854658 1.0274 0.0427 0.0481 0.0624 0.0656 0.9903 HM3 rs8076470 1.0148 0.042 0.0469 0.0609 0.0637 0.9768 HM3 rs8053796 0.9076 0.0516 0.0572 0.0738 0.0751 0.814 HM3 rs2037156 0.9649 0.0528 0.0586 0.0755 0.0779 0.9516 HM3 rs3760775 1.1136 0.0943 0.1061 0.1445 0.1579 0.8707 HM3 rs9291737 1.0253 0.0413 0.0461 0.0602 0.0638 0.9946 HM3 rs13094238 0.724 0.0902 0.0999 0.139 0.1451 0.4071 HM3 rs2730613 0.9445 0.043 0.0479 0.0633 0.0668 0.9664 HM3 rs10103808 0.9787 0.0682 0.0756 0.0972 0.0992 0.9801 HM3 rs7720497 1.0069 0.0879 0.0973 0.1214 0.1251 0.9157 HM3 rs6531212 0.9223 0.0429 0.0481 0.0627 0.0662 0.9957 HM3 rs8011890 0.9032 0.0813 0.0892 0.1132 0.1141 0.76 HM3 rs12926103 1.0152 0.0814 0.0897 0.1148 0.115 0.9923 HM3 rs16971055 0.9425 0.1039 0.1156 0.1453 0.1485 0.4562 HM3 rs1912795 1.0147 0.0422 0.0472 0.0613 0.0639 0.9338 HM3 rs2127740 0.9969 0.0621 0.0689 0.0884 0.091 0.954 HM3 rs17155281 0.8778 0.0558 0.0623 0.0824 0.088 0.6339 HM3 rs4256145 0.9604 0.0431 0.048 0.0635 0.0675 1.0075 HM3 rs6587759 1.1619 0.0897 0.0977 0.1294 0.133 0.8574 HM3 rs2052572 0.9872 0.0434 0.0485 0.0624 0.0653 0.9884 HM3 rs13278062 1.2001 0.0492 0.0547 0.0713 0.0743 0.6759 HM3 rs722782 1.4737 0.0689 0.0756 0.1129 0.12 1.0109 HM3 rs1867348 0.8191 0.0732 0.0817 0.1008 0.1008 0.9916 HM3 rs9461856 1.0634 0.0405 0.0455 0.0588 0.0614 0.993 HM3 rs2270637 0.9701 0.0523 0.0588 0.0774 0.0813 0.987 HM3 rs2798832 0.9994 0.049 0.0547 0.0699 0.0741 0.9099 HM3 rs12632671 1.6012 0.1014 0.1082 0.158 0.1543 0.8674 HM3 rs9713311 1.0534 0.0413 0.0461 0.0595 0.0624 1.0053 HM3 rs7626245 0.9855 0.0776 0.0856 0.107 0.1117 0.9805 HM3 rs513683 1.0213 0.0412 0.0459 0.0602 0.0629 0.977 HM3 rs2376241 0.9227 0.0464 0.0518 0.066 0.0686 0.9894 HM3 rs251525 1.0694 0.0436 0.0488 0.0626 0.0657 0.9707 HM3 rs1737478 1.038 0.0477 0.0531 0.0689 0.0712 0.9949 HM3 rs7783337 1.1463 0.0609 0.0673 0.0854 0.0892 0.898 HM3 rs10225927 1.009 0.05 0.0555 0.072 0.074 0.9991 HM3 rs164700 0.9624 0.0607 0.067 0.0861 0.0879 0.8491 HM3 rs10848645 1.0736 0.0455 0.0507 0.0659 0.0685 0.7975 IMP SNP INFO_1vs5 INFO_1vs4 INFO_4vs5 1KG rs1367068 0.701 0.7097 0.6902 1KG rs1443179 0.5865 0.5875 0.6346 1KG rs9328048 0.6044 0.5908 0.6095 1KG chr4: 182189551 0.3099 0.2981 0.3154 1KG rs1915098 0.956 0.962 0.9292 1KG rs1418473 0.7416 0.7721 0.7609 1KG rs11183802 0.6758 0.685 0.6375 1KG rs728371 0.9043 0.8945 0.9401 1KG chr11: 1768072 0.7891 0.7778 0.7614 1KG rs11596472 0.4412 0.4301 0.4473 1KG rs6982567 0.866 0.8051 0.9272 1KG rs2277252 0.7457 0.7329 0.762 1KG rs8091635 0.7163 0.6982 0.7201 1KG rs9366769 0.9573 0.9635 0.9565 1KG rs5771717 0.8874 0.937 0.9215 1KG chr22: 33891064 0.3013 0.3132 0.2499 1KG chr5: 165133520 0.9377 0.9432 0.9289 1KG chr3: 116361297 0.5605 0.5658 0.533 1KG rs17071512 0.713 0.7334 0.6406 1KG rs1384044 0.9636 0.9606 0.9688 1KG rs9308649 1.0142 1.0187 0.9984 1KG rs10067691 0.5326 0.5419 0.5069 1KG chr1: 100166675 0.9053 0.9111 0.955 1KG rs10768315 0.9572 0.962 0.97 1KG chr10: 88344492 0.9101 0.9149 0.8994 1KG rs7260457 0.1968 0.1953 0.1797 1KG chr12: 11233234 0.5755 0.5496 0.6284 1KG rs2491146 0.7784 0.7912 0.759 1KG chr16: 17310751 0.7519 0.7696 0.7328 1KG rs4711751 0.7298 0.7024 0.7775 1KG chr11: 104185708 0.1747 0.1733 0.1779 1KG rs1851808 0.9467 0.9713 0.9344 1KG rs13253938 0.8181 0.8308 0.7808 1KG rs529478 0.7576 0.7498 0.7984 1KG rs12798294 0.8976 0.9095 0.8898 1KG chr8: 123521912 0.2511 0.2448 0.2515 1KG rs28621471 0.4521 0.4409 0.4545 1KG chr15: 47957127 0.5498 0.551 0.5348 1KG chr5: 26212150 0.8573 0.8674 0.874 1KG chr2: 180796214 0.9684 0.9785 0.9832 1KG rs4967980 0.9274 0.9152 0.915 1KG chr6: 119117772 0.693 0.6975 0.6641 1KG rs12520598 0.6309 0.6405 0.6062 1KG chr10: 56380194 0.2728 0.258 0.307 1KG chr12: 8919954 0.1946 0.1946 0.1885 1KG rs11592003 0.9127 0.9064 0.8914 1KG rs235195 0.5723 0.5626 0.5544 1KG rs7623235 0.7723 0.7628 0.7745 1KG chr4: 23188024 0.7915 0.8051 0.7724 1KG rs12908430 0.4692 0.4938 0.4086 1KG chr17: 72483712 0.5095 0.5126 0.5048 1KG rs6679773 0.1066 0.096 0.1671 1KG chr1: 163986967 0.3842 0.3754 0.3701 1KG rs7958529 0.7005 0.701 0.6906 1KG chr2: 44132778 0.5182 0.5121 0.5126 1KG chr5: 113645446 0.8625 0.8672 0.8696 1KG rs11067403 0.9691 0.963 0.9595 1KG rs343718 0.9727 0.9659 0.993 1KG rs6685751 0.4764 0.4604 0.4831 1KG rs1492116 1.0053 1.0009 1.0057 1KG rs5015852 0.2053 0.2065 0.1913 1KG chr19: 14775139 0.5939 0.5858 0.6019 1KG chr11: 124212812 0.3285 0.3128 0.3544 1KG rs10503493 0.9773 0.9755 0.9908 1KG chr4: 86206508 0.4071 0.4078 0.372 1KG rs2883171 0.9315 0.9061 0.9388 1KG rs1360751 0.977 0.9847 0.9519 1KG rs2024393 0.2974 0.2803 0.3275 1KG rs4260755 0.8232 0.8002 0.8358 1KG rs17408651 0.4856 0.4913 0.459 1KG rs13192030 0.3099 0.3105 0.2907 1KG rs12632105 0.8939 0.9308 0.9044 1KG chr1: 85757359 0.4932 0.5197 0.4597 1KG chr10: 57479107 0.9966 1.0083 1.0117 1KG rs7094579 0.9967 1.0007 0.9927 1KG chr15: 35201758 0.4859 0.4789 0.4813 1KG chr6: 162467903 0.9 0.9015 0.8717 1KG chr8: 40099493 0.3147 0.3094 0.3438 1KG rs16822447 0.75 0.7279 0.754 1KG rs135912 0.696 0.6876 0.6967 1KG chr5: 149749881 0.9678 0.9617 0.9997 1KG rs2135548 1.0021 0.9953 0.9968 1KG rs1358395 0.9673 0.9727 0.9941 1KG chr3: 126793536 0.2453 0.2552 0.2102 1KG rs625761 0.9263 0.9461 0.9174 1KG rs1540819 0.984 0.9735 0.9848 1KG rs4073997 0.568 0.5764 0.5644 1KG chr1: 59476907 0.2253 0.2317 0.2453 HM3 rs16965939 0.6149 0.6524 0.5314 HM3 rs1999930 0.9913 1.0007 0.9517 HM3 rs1789110 0.9672 0.9742 0.9718 HM3 rs10280782 0.9687 0.9696 0.987 HM3 rs1079982 0.9093 0.9236 0.8932 HM3 rs11854658 0.9863 0.985 0.9979 HM3 rs8076470 0.9766 0.9724 0.9786 HM3 rs8053796 0.8103 0.7844 0.8621 HM3 rs2037156 0.9523 0.95 0.9508 HM3 rs3760775 0.8766 0.8826 0.8358 HM3 rs9291737 0.997 0.9907 0.988 HM3 rs13094238 0.4091 0.3993 0.4129 HM3 rs2730613 0.9713 0.9617 0.9645 HM3 rs10103808 0.9774 0.9757 0.9859 HM3 rs7720497 0.9138 0.9361 0.8956 HM3 rs6531212 0.9989 0.9843 0.9968 HM3 rs8011890 0.7579 0.7236 0.7932 HM3 rs12926103 0.9936 0.9796 1.0029 HM3 rs16971055 0.4484 0.4448 0.4839 HM3 rs1912795 0.9367 0.931 0.9339 HM3 rs2127740 0.9591 0.9515 0.9514 HM3 rs17155281 0.6319 0.6427 0.6212 HM3 rs4256145 1.0145 1.0017 0.9959 HM3 rs6587759 0.8617 0.8415 0.8666 HM3 rs2052572 0.9896 0.9903 0.981 HM3 rs13278062 0.6707 0.6516 0.7125 HM3 rs722782 1.0092 1.019 1.0014 HM3 rs1867348 0.9923 0.9708 1.0132 HM3 rs9461856 0.9815 0.9915 1.0084 HM3 rs2270637 0.9813 0.9812 1.0109 HM3 rs2798832 0.9125 0.9197 0.8881 HM3 rs12632671 0.8828 0.8187 0.8905 HM3 rs9713311 1.0066 0.9994 1.0069 HM3 rs7626245 0.9842 0.999 0.9526 HM3 rs513683 0.9822 0.9615 0.9855 HM3 rs2376241 0.9859 0.9865 1.0007 HM3 rs251525 0.9712 0.9706 0.9709 HM3 rs1737478 0.9964 0.989 1.0055 HM3 rs7783337 0.9116 0.8804 0.8931 HM3 rs10225927 1.0042 0.9812 1.0102 HM3 rs164700 0.8496 0.8256 0.8706 HM3 rs10848645 0.7953 0.7845 0.8209

TABLE 5 SNP CHR Gene POS EA OR_4vs5 P_4vs5 rs2032794 5 BC034940 86468373 T 1.382687404 9.41E−06 rs7973431 12 BG203966 92165329 T 1.368256087 1.06E−05 rs10207860 2 COL5A2 (alpha 2 type V  1.9E+08 T 0.598765047 8.56E−06 collagen preprotein) rs11207037 1 DAB1 57677552 A 1.351136378 2.44E−05 rs4771513 13 downstream AK058053 1.05E+08 T 1.55674951 8.13E−06 rs2469875 18 downstream KC6 36481096 A 0.769170975 2.42E−05 rs16924889 10 downstream KIAA1217 24883792 A 1.694071834 2.95E−05 rs11876415 18 NETO1 68641554 T 0.693451484 8.51E−06 rs5771717 22 FAM19A5 47467676 A 0.627530502 1.35E−06 rs17639345 4 FSTL5 1.63E+08 A 1.478590102 1.81E−05 rs3743105 15 GREM1 30811243 T 0.7675482 2.62E−05 rs11716363 3 ITGA9 (integrin alpha 9 37504640 T 1.443900309 1.66E−05 precursor) rs11736266 4 MARCH1 gene 1.65E+08 T 1.302693443 2.45E−05 rs7317763 13 near SLITRK1 83069357 T 1.310328671 2.70E−05 rs9475939 6 PRIM2 57396889 T 2.48739008 1.30E−05 rs4755455 11 upstream QSER1 32859894 C 1.579504199 4.64E−07 rs10815017 9 SLC1A1 4536594 T 0.733460158 6.75E−06 rs1326005 1 upstream AK125078 5303445 A 0.729567782 3.42E−06 rs7973032 12 upstream PPFIA2 80847264 A 0.539440385 1.67E−05 rs958646 20 upstream PRNP 4486243 C 0.640698687 3.05E−05

TABLE 6 REF hg_18_BP OldSNP A1 A2 FRQ_A(2594) FRQ_U(4134) OR 1KG 1:100166675 chr1: 100166675 T C 0.0493 0.0366 1.3684 1KG 1:163986967 chr1: 163986967 T C 0.052 0.059 0.7049 1KG 1:165795961 rs1737478 T C 0.2451 0.2262 1.1357 1KG 1:185513773 rs2453727 T C 0.4977 0.492 1.0017 1KG 1:194925860 rs1061170 T C 0.3909 0.6287 0.3651 1KG 1:194963556 rs1410996 A G 0.2004 0.4206 0.3207 1KG 1:205461564 rs1367068 A G 0.8012 0.774 1.4018 1KG 1:205515927 rs12040406 T C 0.9174 0.906 2.1921 1KG 1:227122574 rs6685751 A C 0.4818 0.4657 1.1607 1KG 1:228362314 rs4846914 A G 0.5938 0.6043 0.9609 1KG 1:247130153 rs6587759 A G 0.0635 0.051 1.3373 1KG 1:31101812 rs2491146 A G 0.3668 0.3933 0.8641 1KG 1:5303445 rs1326005 A G 0.3841 0.4049 0.9191 1KG 1:57219300 rs1418473 A G 0.0866 0.072 1.221 1KG 1:57677552 rs11207037 A G 0.7507 0.7569 0.9771 1KG 1:79360392 rs17408651 T G 0.1174 0.1288 0.8501 1KG 10:124204438 rs10490924 T G 0.4144 0.2058 3.1865 1KG 10:19392088 rs11596472 A G 0.9141 0.9174 0.869 1KG 10:24883792 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0.4627 0.4579 1.046 1KG 12:11233234 chr12: 11233234 A T 0.1532 0.1392 1.1565 1KG 12:114010367 rs11067403 T C 0.6891 0.658 1.1478 1KG 12:123850701 rs5888 A G 0.4889 0.4859 0.998 1KG 12:19878442 rs1492116 T C 0.79 0.7665 1.1876 1KG 12:2290505 rs10848645 A G 0.571 0.6031 0.8399 1KG 12:45893566 rs11183802 A G 0.0774 0.0708 1.3253 1KG 12:50881293 rs7958529 C G 0.6738 0.6506 1.1835 1KG 12:80847264 rs7973032 A G 0.9291 0.9315 1.0429 1KG 12:92165329 rs7973431 T C 0.3164 0.3168 1.0087 1KG 13:105365389 rs4771513 T C 0.8738 0.8725 1.053 1KG 13:30736688 rs1912795 A G 0.4579 0.4329 1.1392 1KG 13:78960018 rs17071512 T C 0.9039 0.8967 1.2417 1KG 13:83069357 rs7317763 T C 0.4613 0.4456 1.0722 1KG 14:95216646 rs8011890 A C 0.099 0.0828 1.4427 1KG 15:30811243 rs3743105 T C 0.4142 0.4211 0.9607 1KG 15:35201758 chr15: 35201758 T G 0.1508 0.1344 1.3375 1KG 15:35992085 rs16965939 T C 0.0907 0.1081 0.6687 1KG 15:40375218 rs12908430 A G 0.0812 0.0899 0.6083 1KG 15:47957127 chr15: 47957127 T G 0.0105 0.0115 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0.3956 1.2085 0.002048 1KG 5:113645446 chr5: 113645446 0.132 0.9279 1.208459215 0.0006648 1KG 5:149749881 chr5: 149749881 0.0713 0.2446 1.2083 0.006721 1KG 5:165133520 chr5: 165133520 0.1948 0.98 0.859328005 0.00183 1KG 5:21309600 rs2883171 0.116 0.9596 1.322401481 0.00001405 1KG 5:26212150 chr5: 26212150 0.0733 0.6461 0.705566923 0.00001452 1KG 5:52621268 rs251525 0.3101 0.1572 1.147183664 0.0008037 1KG 5:5291813 rs7720497 0.0546 0.7188 1.373249107 0.0001015 1KG 5:61112540 rs9291737 0.4211 0.7485 0.863483292 0.00009344 1KG 5:64292165 rs10067691 0.0594 0.0401 0.694 0.0045671 1KG 5:74385314 rs12520598 0.0509 0.8639 0.7993 0.03102 1KG 5:86468373 rs2032794 0.2108 0.501 1.053962901 0.2518 1KG 6:109470664 rs13192030 0.0357 0.9587 0.727696114 0.5968 1KG 6:116493827 rs1999930 0.3044 0.2794 0.8068 3.133E−07 1KG 6:116529937 rs509859 0.4133 0.9893 0.8508 0.00003054 1KG 6:116568331 rs12204816 0.224 0.4444 0.7488 1.731E−07 1KG 6:116596243 rs12196141 0.2872 0.9876 0.797448166 1.532E−07 1KG 6:1324870 rs9328048 0.395 0.8669 0.846 0.0002311 1KG 6:132523980 rs728371 0.3145 0.7359 1.1821 0.00005385 1KG 6:160376153 rs1867348 0.0801 0.9686 1.2525 0.0005041 1KG 6:162467903 chr6: 162467903 0.09 0.8867 0.8001 0.001774 1KG 6:31277268 rs9366769 0.2305 0.4034 0.81109579 0.000005154 1KG 6:32011783 rs9332739 0.0447 0.8879 0.4463 4.335E−12 1KG 6:32022159 rs641153 0.101 0.6268 0.461 2.94E−22 1KG 6:33503177 rs9461856 0.5204 0.9963 0.8641 0.00007769 1KG 6:43936560 rs4711751 0.5044 0.9915 1.2081 0.0000218 1KG 6:55456674 rs4260755 0.3512 0.9741 1.152 0.000255 1KG 6:57396889 rs9475939 0.0284 0.9482 1.297521733 0.9806 1KG 6:7063989 rs11755724 0.3723 0.9587 0.878 0.0006616 1KG 6:7152544 rs1360751 0.5208 0.9758 1.1507 0.000209 1KG 6:93573222 rs2037156 0.1926 0.711 1.167951413 0.001602 HM2 7:14123511 rs7783337 0.1375 0.9119 1.179941003 0.002751 1KG 7:23550807 rs10280782 0.1513 0.9646 0.767754319 0.000001593 1KG 7:27475356 rs17155281 0.2917 0.92 0.878580214 0.01156 1KG 7:35595154 rs343718 0.3029 0.5758 0.9357 0.1015 1KG 7:43880667 rs2730613 0.3525 0.8741 0.882378893 0.001495 1KG 7:54736904 rs10225927 0.1905 1.0039 1.180637544 0.0002957 1KG 7:86076557 rs1358395 0.3185 0.9776 0.8507 0.0001186 1KG 8:123521501 rs4282579 0.3112 0.9314 1.166725003 0.00007708 1KG 8:128550166 rs10089310 0.0961 0.0677 1.2349 0.0004286 1KG 8:136110326 rs13253938 0.5635 0.9637 0.844808651 0.00001831 1KG 8:13715406 rs1384044 0.5311 0.0274 0.8777 0.0006033 1KG 8:139212254 rs10103808 0.0905 1.011 1.326259947 0.000006651 1KG 8:14247492 rs10503493 0.055 0.8234 0.7705 0.003472 1KG 8:19888502 rs12678919 0.101 0.9593 0.974753875 0.6846 1KG 8:20081107 rs2270637 0.1999 1.008 0.818330606 0.0000319 1KG 8:23138916 rs13278062 0.5138 0.9277 1.1804 0.0006516 1KG 8:506479 rs722782 0.1055 0.9723 0.7698 0.00004568 HM2 8:96819457 rs6982567 0.1912 0.9911 1.1905 0.0006232 1KG 9:106704122 rs1883025 0.2784 0.9172 0.8697 0.001275 1KG 9:114121319 rs10739343 0.2256 0.9901 0.8504 0.0003545 1KG 9:15279578 rs471364 0.1143 0.0001 0.971722865 0.6198 1KG 9:4536594 rs10815017 0.3153 1.0083 0.9327 0.1325

TABLE 7 REF hg_18_BP OldSNP A1 A2 FRQ_A(2594) FRQ_U(4134) OR SE 1KG 10:124204438 rs10490924 T G 0.4144 0.2058 3.1865 0.0453 1KG 1:194925860 rs1061170 T C 0.3909 0.6287 0.3651 0.0403 1KG 1:194963556 rs1410996 A G 0.2004 0.4206 0.3207 0.0461 1KG 6:32022159 rs641153 A G 0.0528 0.101 0.461 0.0798 1KG 19:6669387 rs2230199 C G 0.2439 0.1926 1.6842 0.0592 1KG 6:32011783 rs9332739 C G 0.0231 0.0447 0.4463 0.1165 1KG 4:110878516 rs10033900 T C 0.5205 0.463 1.3144 0.0409 1KG 6:116596243 rs12196141 A G 0.7543 0.7128 1.254 0.0431 1KG 6:116568331 rs12204816 T C 0.1906 0.224 0.7488 0.0553 1KG 1:205515927 rs12040406 T C 0.9174 0.906 2.1921 0.1528 1KG 18:34125717 rs17628762 A C 0.3824 0.3426 1.188 0.0388 1KG 11:1762440 rs55911157 T C 0.1489 0.1731 0.7781 0.0567 1KG 15:56475172 rs493258 T C 0.4318 0.4714 0.8481 0.0376 1KG 6:116529937 rs509859 T G 0.3742 0.4133 0.8508 0.0388 1KG 15:56465804 rs10468017 T C 0.2564 0.2874 0.8324 0.045 1KG 8:123521501 rs4282579 A G 0.6556 0.6888 0.8571 0.039 1KG 15:87314645 rs11856826 T C 0.6577 0.6267 1.1722 0.0406 1KG 3:119674993 rs12637095 A T 0.8045 0.7797 1.1955 0.0462 1KG 16:55550825 rs3764261 A C 0.36 0.3277 1.1631 0.0392 1KG 16:74929641 rs6564324 A G 0.7163 0.7325 0.8354 0.0481 1KG 16:85846518 rs3748391 T G 0.518 0.5459 0.8754 0.037 1KG 9:114121319 rs10739343 A G 0.2015 0.2256 0.8504 0.0454 HM2 22:31414511 rs9621532 A C 0.9634 0.9488 1.3892 0.0924 1KG 8:128550166 rs10089310 A T 0.1149 0.0961 1.2349 0.0599 1KG 3:100878962 rs13095226 T C 0.8772 0.896 0.8167 0.0579 1KG 10:88396729 rs2803544 A T 0.1528 0.1335 1.2022 0.0536 1KG 6:7063989 rs11755724 A G 0.3424 0.3723 0.878 0.0382 1KG 4:182181154 rs9997006 T G 0.3841 0.3654 1.2106 0.0571 1KG 9:106704122 rs1883025 T C 0.2564 0.2784 0.8697 0.0434 1KG 15:59828725 rs11854497 A G 0.1036 0.1139 0.825 0.0618 1KG 1:5303445 rs1326005 A G 0.3841 0.4049 0.9191 0.0404 1KG 13:83069357 rs7317763 T C 0.4613 0.4456 1.0722 0.0378 1KG 20:42475778 rs1800961 T C 0.0264 0.0314 0.8286 0.112 1KG 3:37504640 rs11716363 T C 0.1892 0.179 1.0861 0.0509 1KG 9:4536594 rs10815017 T C 0.2991 0.3153 0.9327 0.0463 1KG 16:66459571 rs2271293 A G 0.1249 0.1157 1.0897 0.0574 1KG 2:189854831 rs10207860 T C 0.0682 0.0719 0.9 0.0765 1KG 4:165142286 rs11736266 T C 0.478 0.4827 0.951 0.0392 1KG 18:68641554 rs11876415 T C 0.6298 0.6297 1.0636 0.0486 1KG 11:61327359 rs174547 T C 0.666 0.6552 1.05 0.039 1KG 12:108379551 rs2338104 C G 0.4627 0.4579 1.046 0.0372 1KG 20:44009909 rs7679 T C 0.8196 0.8135 1.0601 0.0483 1KG 5:86468373 rs2032794 T C 0.7796 0.7892 0.9488 0.0458 1KG 15:30811243 rs3743105 T C 0.4142 0.4211 0.9607 0.0381 1KG 1:228362314 rs4846914 A G 0.5938 0.6043 0.9609 0.038 1KG 19:8375738 rs2967605 T C 0.1811 0.1762 1.0509 0.0505 1KG 11:32859894 rs4755455 C G 0.1684 0.1757 0.9526 0.0498 1KG 10:24883792 rs16924889 A G 0.0865 0.0931 0.9404 0.0679 1KG 13:105365389 rs4771513 T C 0.8738 0.8725 1.053 0.0594 1KG 4:162971300 rs17639345 A G 0.1539 0.1466 1.0405 0.0515 1KG 11:116154127 rs964184 C G 0.862 0.8567 1.0379 0.0538 1KG 12:80847264 rs7973032 A G 0.9291 0.9315 1.0429 0.075 1KG 1:57677552 rs11207037 A G 0.7507 0.7569 0.9771 0.0436 1KG 9:15279578 rs471364 T C 0.8882 0.8857 1.0291 0.0578 1KG 8:19888502 rs12678919 A G 0.9011 0.899 1.0259 0.0629 1KG 18:45421212 rs4939883 T C 0.1743 0.1714 1.0146 0.0486 1KG 12:92165329 rs7973431 T C 0.3164 0.3168 1.0087 0.0412 1KG 20:4486243 rs958646 C G 0.0838 0.087 0.9867 0.0671 1KG 18:36481096 rs2469875 A G 0.5168 0.5163 1.0045 0.037 1KG 12:123850701 rs5888 A G 0.4889 0.4859 0.998 0.0387 1KG 1:185513773 rs2453727 T C 0.4977 0.492 1.0017 0.0371 1KG 6:57396889 rs9475939 T C 0.9717 0.9716 0.7707 10.7214 1KG 2:71597893 rs13402171 T C 0.0904 0.091 1.0004 0.064 REF hg_18_BP OldSNP P EA Z EA_OR 1KG 10:124204438 rs10490924  1.21E−144 T 25.60903658 3.1865 1KG 1:194925860 rs1061170  5.638E−138 C 25.00323274 2.738975623 1KG 1:194963556 rs1410996  2.147E−134 G 24.67181558 3.118178983 1KG 6:32022159 rs641153  2.94E−22 A −9.702569373 0.461 1KG 19:6669387 rs2230199 1.357E−18 C 8.800919225 1.6842 1KG 6:32011783 rs9332739 4.335E−12 C −6.925806065 0.4463 1KG 4:110878516 rs10033900 2.401E−11 T 6.679291601 1.3144 1KG 6:116596243 rs12196141 1.532E−07 G −5.248671475 0.797448166 1KG 6:116568331 rs12204816 1.731E−07 T −5.226124315 0.7488 1KG 1:205515927 rs12040406 2.786E−07 C −5.137376796 0.456183568 1KG 18:34125717 rs17628762 0.000008979 A 4.440404368 1.188 1KG 11:1762440 rs55911157 0.000009621 T −4.425520544 0.7781 1KG 15:56475172 rs493258 0.00001198 C 4.377951501 1.179106237 1KG 6:116529937 rs509859 0.00003054 T −4.169401925 0.8508 1KG 15:56465804 rs10468017 0.00004595 T −4.075325644 0.8324 1KG 8:123521501 rs4282579 0.00007708 G 3.953302156 1.166725003 1KG 15:87314645 rs11856826 0.00009204 C −3.910671187 0.853096741 1KG 3:119674993 rs12637095 0.0001092 T −3.869184471 0.836470096 1KG 16:55550825 rs3764261 0.0001162 A 3.85400757 1.1631 1KG 16:74929641 rs6564324 0.0001849 G 3.738801021 1.197031362 1KG 16:85846518 rs3748391 0.0003254 T −3.594191857 0.8754 1KG 9:114121319 rs10739343 0.0003545 A −3.571826678 0.8504 HM2 22:31414511 rs9621532 0.0003732 C −3.558344238 0.719838756 1KG 8:128550166 rs10089310 0.0004286 A 3.521816937 1.2349 1KG 3:100878962 rs13095226 0.0004761 C 3.493854735 1.224439819 1KG 10:88396729 rs2803544 0.000592 A 3.435253392 1.2022 1KG 6:7063989 rs11755724 0.0006616 A −3.405016732 0.878 1KG 4:182181154 rs9997006 0.0008115 T 3.3488422 1.2106 1KG 9:106704122 rs1883025 0.001275 T −3.221548233 0.8697 1KG 15:59828725 rs11854497 0.001868 A −3.110453982 0.825 1KG 1:5303445 rs1326005 0.03688 A −2.087089998 0.9191 1KG 13:83069357 rs7317763 0.06489 T 1.846015189 1.0722 1KG 20:42475778 rs1800961 0.09321 T −1.678702697 0.8286 1KG 3:37504640 rs11716363 0.105 T 1.621082251 1.0861 1KG 9:4536594 rs10815017 0.1325 T −1.504316083 0.9327 1KG 16:66459571 rs2271293 0.1345 A 1.496589899 1.0897 1KG 2:189854831 rs10207860 0.1687 T −1.376392981 0.9 1KG 4:165142286 rs11736266 0.1999 C 1.281836521 1.051524711 1KG 18:68641554 rs11876415 0.205 C −1.267434417 0.940203084 1KG 11:61327359 rs174547 0.2107 C −1.251642941 0.952380952 1KG 12:108379551 rs2338104 0.2264 G −1.209684447 0.956022945 1KG 20:44009909 rs7679 0.227 C −1.20812288 0.943307235 1KG 5:86468373 rs2032794 0.2518 C 1.145988284 1.053962901 1KG 15:30811243 rs3743105 0.293 T −1.051563198 0.9607 1KG 1:228362314 rs4846914 0.2946 G 1.048083799 1.040691019 1KG 19:8375738 rs2967605 0.3256 T 0.983015114 1.0509 1KG 11:32859894 rs4755455 0.3297 C −0.974718326 0.9526 1KG 10:24883792 rs16924889 0.3655 A −0.904934667 0.9404 1KG 13:105365389 rs4771513 0.3845 C −0.869634825 0.949667616 1KG 4:162971300 rs17639345 0.4416 A 0.769494177 1.0405 1KG 11:116154127 rs964184 0.4885 G −0.692696557 0.963483958 1KG 12:80847264 rs7973032 0.5758 G −0.559530092 0.958864704 1KG 1:57677552 rs11207037 0.5953 G 0.531171414 1.0234367 1KG 9:15279578 rs471364 0.6198 C −0.496133819 0.971722865 1KG 8:19888502 rs12678919 0.6846 G −0.406194085 0.974753875 1KG 18:45421212 rs4939883 0.7654 T 0.298397234 1.0146 1KG 12:92165329 rs7973431 0.8331 T 0.21072739 1.0087 1KG 20:4486243 rs958646 0.8419 C −0.199463746 0.9867 1KG 18:36481096 rs2469875 0.9027 G −0.122251299 0.995520159 1KG 12:123850701 rs5888 0.9593 G 0.051032027 1.002004008 1KG 1:185513773 rs2453727 0.964 T 0.045134628 1.0017 1KG 6:57396889 rs9475939 0.9806 C 0.02431669 1.297521733 1KG 2:71597893 rs13402171 0.9956 T 0.00551461 1.0004 REF hg_18_BP OldSNP ci− ci+ 1KG 10:124204438 rs10490924 2.915773499 3.482363172 1KG 1:194925860 rs1061170 0.337371025 0.395108057 1KG 1:194963556 rs1410996 0.292993407 0.351026636 1KG 6:32022159 rs641153 0.394251899 0.539048767 1KG 19:6669387 rs2230199 1.49969038 1.891410172 1KG 6:32011783 rs9332739 0.355189472 0.560781514 1KG 4:110878516 rs10033900 1.213145154 1.424106056 1KG 6:116596243 rs12196141 1.152418114 1.364535997 1KG 6:116568331 rs12204816 0.671882803 0.834522684 1KG 1:205515927 rs12040406 1.624779296 2.957510859 1KG 18:34125717 rs17628762 1.101004804 1.281869066 1KG 11:1762440 rs55911157 0.696259928 0.869559751 1KG 15:56475172 rs493258 0.787845932 0.912962269 1KG 6:116529937 rs509859 0.78849738 0.918025422 1KG 15:56465804 rs10468017 0.762126913 0.9091527251 1KG 8:123521501 rs4282579 0.794024723 0.925185815 1KG 15:87314645 rs11856826 1.082535879 1.269290807 1KG 3:119674993 rs12637095 1.092001781 1.308807619 1KG 16:55550825 rs3764261 1.077083424 1.255985916 1KG 16:74929641 rs6564324 0.760240364 0.917990142 1KG 16:85846518 rs3748391 0.814163271 0.941242607 1KG 9:114121319 rs10739343 0.777997124 0.929540917 HM2 22:31414511 rs9621532 1.15907705 1.665011519 1KG 8:128550166 rs10089310 1.098105031 1.38873602 1KG 3:100878962 rs13095226 0.729083182 0.914846078 1KG 10:88396729 rs2803544 1.08230953 1.335371074 1KG 6:7063989 rs11755724 0.814663051 0.946261155 1KG 4:182181154 rs9997006 1.082420898 1.353957932 1KG 9:106704122 rs1883025 0.79877901 0.946917834 1KG 15:59828725 rs11854497 0.730884457 0.931234743 1KG 1:5303445 rs1326005 0.84912884 0.994837026 1KG 13:83069357 rs7317763 0.99563417 1.154653862 1KG 20:42475778 rs1800961 0.665286337 1.032003698 1KG 3:37504640 rs11716363 0.982975875 1.200042891 1KG 9:4536594 rs10815017 0.851786242 1.021300001 1KG 16:66459571 rs2271293 0.973749134 1.219457916 1KG 2:189854831 rs10207860 0.774683658 1.045588081 1KG 4:165142286 rs11736266 0.880669191 1.026947473 1KG 18:68641554 rs11876415 0.966961479 1.169896614 1KG 11:61327359 rs174547 0.972728922 1.133409293 1KG 12:108379551 rs2338104 0.97244804 1.125115127 1KG 20:44009909 rs7679 0.964346358 1.165361388 1KG 5:86468373 rs2032794 0.867339108 1.037911737 1KG 15:30811243 rs3743105 0.89157199 1.035187849 1KG 1:228362314 rs4846914 0.8919324 1.035200436 1KG 19:8375738 rs2967605 0.951864049 1.160240069 1KG 11:32859894 rs4755455 0.864012372 1.050270562 1KG 10:24883792 rs16924889 0.823218219 1.074262133 1KG 13:105365389 rs4771513 0.937272922 1.183016146 1KG 4:162971300 rs17639345 0.940598755 1.151011783 1KG 11:116154127 rs964184 0.934028284 1.153323116 1KG 12:80847264 rs7973032 0.900329289 1.208047348 1KG 1:57677552 rs11207037 0.897069196 1.064270643 1KG 9:15279578 rs471364 0.91887667 1.152545107 1KG 8:19888502 rs12678919 0.906908493 1.160503864 1KG 18:45421212 rs4939883 0.922413611 1.115999534 1KG 12:92165329 rs7973431 0.930447499 1.093533693 1KG 20:4486243 rs958646 0.865104269 1.12538676 1KG 18:36481096 rs2469875 0.934232358 1.080052775 1KG 12:123850701 rs5888 0.925099479 1.076645294 1KG 1:185513773 rs2453727 0.931445644 1.077253295 1KG 6:57396889 rs9475939 5.76296E−10 1030683399 1KG 2:71597893 rs13402171 0.882461533 1.134100607

TABLE 8 REF hg_18_BP Gene (nearby) SNP A1 A2 FRQ_A(2594) FRQ_U(4134) 1KG 8:123521501 ZHX2 rs4282579 A G 0.6556 0.6888 1KG 15:87314645 MFGE8|ABHD2 rs11856826 T C 0.6577 0.6267 1KG 3:119674993 IGSF11 rs12637095 A T 0.8045 0.7797 1KG 16:85846518 LOC730018 rs3748391 T G 0.518 0.5459 1KG 8:128550166 POU5F1B rs10089310 A T 0.1149 0.0961 1KG 10:88396729 OPN4|RPL7AP8 rs2803544 A T 0.1528 0.1335 1KG 4:182181154 LINC00290 rs9997006 T G 0.3841 0.3654 1KG 15:59828725 VPS13C rs11854497 A G 0.1036 0.1139 1KG 1:205515927 CD55|C4BPAP2 rs12040406 T C 0.9174 0.906 1KG 18:34125717 CELF4 rs17628762 A C 0.3824 0.3426 1KG 16:74929641 CNTNAP4 rs6564324 A G 0.7163 0.7325 1KG 11:1762440 CTSD rs55911157 T C 0.1489 0.1731 1KG 9:114121319 ROD1 rs10739343 A G 0.2015 0.2256 REF hg_18_BP Gene (nearby) OR SE P EA Z 1KG 8:123521501 ZHX2 0.8571 0.039 0.00007708 G 3.953302156 1KG 15:87314645 MFGE8|ABHD2 1.1722 0.0406 0.00009204 C −3.910671187 1KG 3:119674993 IGSF11 1.1955 0.0462 0.0001092 T −3.869184471 1KG 16:85846518 LOC730018 0.8754 0.037 0.0003254 T −3.594191857 1KG 8:128550166 POU5F1B 1.2349 0.0599 0.0004286 A 3.521816937 1KG 10:88396729 OPN4|RPL7AP8 1.2022 0.0536 0.000592 A 3.435253392 1KG 4:182181154 LINC00290 1.2106 0.0571 0.0008115 T 3.3488422 1KG 15:59828725 VPS13C 0.825 0.0618 0.001868 A −3.110453982 1KG 1:205515927 CD55|C4BPAP2 2.1921 0.1528 2.786E−07 C −5.137376796 1KG 18:34125717 CELF4 1.188 0.0388 0.000008979 A 4.440404368 1KG 16:74929641 CNTNAP4 0.8354 0.0481 0.0001849 G 3.738801021 1KG 11:1762440 CTSD 0.7781 0.0567 0.000009621 T −4.425520544 1KG 9:114121319 ROD1 0.8504 0.0454 0.0003545 A −3.571826678 REF hg_18_BP Gene (nearby) EA_OR ci− ci+ 1KG 8:123521501 ZHX2 1.166725003 0.794024723 0.925185815 1KG 15:87314645 MFGE8|ABHD2 0.853096741 1.082535879 1.269290807 1KG 3:119674993 IGSF11 0.836470096 1.092001781 1.308807619 1KG 16:85846518 LOC730018 0.8754 0.814163271 0.941242607 1KG 8:128550166 POU5F1B 1.2349 1.098105031 1.38873602 1KG 10:88396729 OPN4|RPL7AP8 1.2022 1.08230953 1.335371074 1KG 4:182181154 LINC00290 1.2106 1.082420898 1.353957932 1KG 15:59828725 VPS13C 0.825 0.730884457 0.931234743 1KG 1:205515927 CD55|C4BPAP2 0.456183568 1.624779296 2.957510859 1KG 18:34125717 CELF4 1.188 1.101004804 1.281869066 1KG 16:74929641 CNTNAP4 1.197031362 0.760240364 0.917990142 1KG 11:1762440 CTSD 0.7781 0.696259928 0.869559751 1KG 9:114121319 ROD1 0.8504 0.777997124 0.929540917

TABLE 9 GENE SNP CHR:BP GENE HTRA1 rs10490924 10:124204438 HTRA1 CFH rs1061170 1:194925860 CFH CFH rs1410996 11:194963556 CFH CFB rs641153 6:32022159 CFB C3 rs2230199 19:6669387 C3 C2 rs9332739 6:32011783 C2 TIMP3 rs9621532 22:31414511 TIMP3 LIPC rs10468017 15:56465804 LIPC CFI rs10033900 4:110878516 CFI COL10A1, DSE, FRK, TSPY rs12204816 6:116568331 COL10A1, DSE, FRK, TSPY L1, TSPYL4 L1, TSPYL4 VEGFA rs4711751 6:43936560 VEGFA CETP rs3764261 16:55550825 CETP FRK rs1999930 6:116493827 FRK ABCA1 rs1883025 9:106704122 ABCA1 FRK/COL10A1 rs12196141 6:116596243 FRK/COL10A1 HCG27(0) rs9366769 6:31277268 HCG27(0) LIPC rs493258 15:56475172 LIPC COL8A1 rs13095226 3:100878962 COL8A1 TSHZ3(+107.3 kb) rs2052572 19:36639376 TSHZ3(+107.3 kb) NT5DC1(0) rs509859 6:116529937 NT5DC1(0) FILIP1L(0)|C3orf26(0) rs7626245 3:101053451 FILIP1L(0)|C3orf26(0) CNTNAP4 rs8053796 16:74921678 CNTNAP4 MYOM2(−1494 kb) rs722782 8:506479 MYOM2(−1494 kb) FAM135B(0) rs10103808 8:139212254 FAM135B(0) OTOL1(+488.4 kb) rs4256145 3:163192835 OTOL1(+488.4 kb) IRF4(−675.1 kb) rs9328048 6:1324870 IRF4(−675.1 kb) INTU rs1443179 4:128495772 INTU MEIS2(+20.97 kb) chr15:35201758 15:35201758 MEIS2(+20.97 kb) CTSD rs55911157 11:1762440 CTSD CDH12(−477.3 kb) rs2883171 5:21309600 CDH12(−477.3 kb) CNTNAP4 rs6564324 16:74929641 CNTNAP4 ZFAT(+315.9 kb)|KHDRBS rs13253938 8:136110326 ZFAT(+315.9 kb)|KHDRBS 3(−428.6 kb) 3(−428.6 kb) CDH9(−704.3 kb) chr5:26212150 5:26212150 CDH9(−704.3 kb) TNFRSF10A(+0.332 kb)|C rs13278062 8:23138916 TNFRSF10A(+0.332 kb)|C HMP7(−18.18 kb) HMP7(−18.18 kb) PCDH15(+149.1 kb) rs61856267 10:56380194 PCDH15(+149.1 kb) GDF6 rs6982567 8:96819457 GDF6 MRPL19(+489.6 kb) rs1851808 2:76232489 MRPL19(+489.6 kb) C1orf116, C4BPA, C4BPB, rs12040406 1:205515927 C1orf116, C4BPA, C4BPB, CD55, CR1, CR2, DAF, PFK CD55, CR1, CR2, DAF, PFK FB2, YOD1 FB2, YOD1 TKT rs12632671 3:53233464 TKT MOXD1(−134.9 rs728371 6:132523980 MOXD1(−134.9 kb)|CTGF(+209.8 kb) kb)|CTGF(+209.8 kb) GANC(0) rs12908430 15:40375218 GANC(0) MFGE8(+54.89 kb)|HAPLN rs11854658 15:87312556 MFGE8(+54.89 kb)|HAPLN 3(+72.78 kb)|ACAN(+92.97 3(+72.78 kb)|ACAN(+92.97 kb)|ABHD2(−119.9 kb) kb)|ABHD2(−119.9 kb) TMCO1(0) chr1:163986967 1:163986967 TMCO1(0) SYNGAP1(0) rs9461856 6:33503177 SYNGAP1(0) USP31(+23 kb)|UBFD1(−385.3 rs4967980 16:23091095 USP31(+23 kb)|UBFD1(−385.3 kb)|SCNN1B(−130 kb)|SCNN1B(−130 kb)|SCNN1G(−10.45 kb)|SCNN1G(−10.45 kb)|COG7(−216.2 kb) kb)|COG7(−216.2 kb) RREB1 rs11755724 6:7063989 RREB1 WDR35(+148.1 kb)|TTC32(+236.3 rs6531212 2:20201501 WDR35(+148.1 kb)|TTC32(+236.3 kb)|SDC1(−62.54 kb)|SDC1(−62.54 kb)|PUM2(−110.4 kb)|PUM2(−110.4 kb)|MATN3(+125.6 kb)|MATN3(+125.6 kb)|LAPTM4A(+86.58 kb) kb)|LAPTM4A(+86.58 kb) PSMD7(−598.4 kb) rs2127740 16:72289810 PSMD7(−598.4 kb) TMCO5 rs16965939 15:35992085 TMCO5 MAPK10 rs28621471 4:86877248 MAPK10 TBX3(+404 kb) rs11067403 12:114010367 TBX3(+404 kb) B3GALTL(0) rs1912795 13:30736688 B3GALTL(0) GCNT4(+22.83 kb)|HMGC rs12520598 5:74385314 GCNT4(+22.83 kb)|HMGC R(−283.5 kb) R(−283.5 kb) IGSF11(−421 kb) rs1915098 3:119681130 IGSF11(−421 kb) ADAMTS16 rs7720497 5:5291813 ADAMTS16 LSAMP(+563.4 kb) rs1540819 3:118210505 LSAMP(+563.4 kb) CNTNAP5(0) rs9308649 2:124751486 CNTNAP5(0) NEDD4L(0) rs529478 18:53934507 NEDD4L(0) CREG1 rs1737478 1:165795961 CREG1 rs12637095 3:119674993 BRUNOL4(+711.5 kb) rs8091635 18:34111545 BRUNOL4(+711.5 kb) FOXP1(0) rs2135548 3:71584585 FOXP1(0) SDC3(−13.09 kb)|PUM1(−75.13 rs2491146 1:31101812 SDC3(−13.09 kb)|PUM1(−75.13 kb)|MATN1(+132.3 kb)|MATN1(+132.3 kb)|LAPTM5(+98.56 kb) kb)|LAPTM5(+98.56 kb) GRM3(−34.61 kb) rs1358395 7:86076557 GRM3(−34.61 kb) ACVR1B, ACVRL1, bpl_41- rs7958529 12:50881293 ACVR1B, ACVRL1, bpl_41- 16, C12orf44, GRASP, KRT 16, C12orf44, GRASP, KRT 6A, KRT6B, KRT6C, KRT7, 6A, KRT6B, KRT6C, KRT7, KRT75, KRT80, KRT81, KR KRT75, KRT80, KRT81, KR T82, KRT83, KRT84, KRT85, T82, KRT83, KRT84, KRT85, KRT86, NR4A1 KRT86, NR4A1 EPHA7(−434.6 kb) rs2037156 6:93573222 EPHA7(−434.6 kb) HMGCLL1(0) rs4260755 6:55456674 HMGCLL1(0) OSBPL11(0) chr3:126793536 3:126793536 OSBPL11(0) SPHAR(−384.2 rs6685751 1:227122574 SPHAR(−384.2 kb)|RHOU(+173.5 kb) kb)|RHOU(+173.5 kb) |RAB4A(−350.9 kb) |RAB4A(−350.9 kb) PARK2(0) chr6:162467903 6:162467903 PARK2(0) TAF3(+129.4 kb)|KIN(+356.1 rs2798832 10:8226099 TAF3(+129.4 kb)|KIN(+356.1 kb)|ITIH2(+394.6 kb)|ITIH kb)|ITIH2(+394.6 kb)|ITIH 5(+477.2 kb)|GATA3(+68.93 5(+477.2 kb)|GATA3(+68.93 kb)|FLJ45983(+90.65 kb)| kb)|FLJ45983(+90.65 kb)| ATP5C1(+336.3 kb) ATP5C1(+336.3 kb) PPM1B(−116.7 kb)|LRPPRC(+56.13 chr2:44132778 2:44132778 PPM1B(−116.7 kb)|LRPPRC(+56.13 kb) kb) C4BPAL1, C4BPA, CD55 rs1367068 1:205461564 C4BPAL1, C4BPA, CD55 TMEM133(−218.2 kb)|PGR(255.8 rs625761 11:100149779 TMEM133(−218.2 kb)|PGR(255.8 kb)∥CNTN5(+417.1 kb) kb)∥CNTN5(+417.1 kb) IGF2R(0) rs1867348 6:160376153 IGF2R(0) P4HA3(0) rs513683 11:73662041 P4HA3(0) DGKB rs7783337 7:14123511 DGKB VSTM2A(+132.5 kb)|SEC6 rs10225927 7:54736904 VSTM2A(+132.5 kb)|SEC6 1G(−50.53 kb)|EGFR(−317.3 kb) 1G(−50.53 kb)|EGFR(−317.3 kb) RAP2B(+65.39 kb) rs16822447 3:154434339 RAP2B(+65.39 kb) TCOF1(0) chr5:149749881 5:149749881 TCOF1(0) SGCZ(−276.3 rs1384044 8:13715406 SGCZ(−276.3 kb)|DLC1(+298.6 kb) kb)|DLC1(+298.6 kb) RPP30(−238.9 kb)|HTR7(−107.8 rs7094579 10:92382787 RPP30(−238.9 kb)|HTR7(−107.8 kb)|ANKRD1(−279 kb) kb)|ANKRD1(−279 kb) CELF4 rs17628762 18:34125717 CELF4 TCL1B rs8011890 14:95216646 TCL1B rs3748391 16:85846518 RELL1(−428.5 kb)|C4orf19(−291.6 kb) rs2376241 4:36840346 RELL1(−428.5 kb)|C4orf19(−291.6 kb) rs4282579 8:123521501 CTSD(−231.9 kb) chr11:1768072 11:1768072 CTSD(−231.9 kb) WAPAL(+72.97 kb)|OPN4(−59.8 kb) chr10:88344492 10:88344492 WAPAL(+72.97 kb)|OPN4(−59.8 kb) CACNA1C(0) rs10848645 12:2290505 CACNA1C(0) MME(−18.73 kb) rs13094238 3:156261403 MME(−18.73 kb) KIAA1604(+216.2 kb) chr2:180796214 2:180796214 KIAA1604(+216.2 kb) ANKRD54, CARD10, CAR rs1079982 22:36259705 ANKRD54, CARD10, CAR MA3, CDC42EP1, FLJ0001 MA3, CDC42EP1, FLJ0001 7, GALR3, GCAT, GGA1, H1 7, GALR3, GCAT, GGA1, H1 F0, LGALS1, LGALS2, LRR F0, LGALS1, LGALS2, LRR C62, MFNG, NOL12, PDXP, C62, MFNG, NOL12, PDXP, PSCD4, RAC2, SH3BP1, T PSCD4, RAC2, SH3BP1, T RIOBP RIOBP FLJ37543(+74.42 kb) rs9291737 5:61112540 FLJ37543(+74.42 kb) EFNA5(0) rs164700 5:106936632 EFNA5(0) FUT3 rs3760775 19:5792356 FUT3 rs11856826 15:87314645 SLC18A1 rs2270637 8:20081107 SLC18A1 PPARGC1A(−214.7 kb) chr4:23188024 4:23188024 PPARGC1A(−214.7 kb) RAG2(+1021 kb) rs10768315 11:37597461 RAG2(+1021 kb) CDGAP(0) rs9713311 3:120558458 CDGAP(0) MBP rs1789110 18:72988032 MBP SPATA20 rs8076470 17:45980827 SPATA20 ARHGAP12(−98.91 kb) rs2277252 10:32036318 ARHGAP12(−98.91 kb) KCNN2(−80.47 kb) chr5:113645446 5:113645446 KCNN2(−80.47 kb) NDUFS4(−271 rs251525 5:52621268 NDUFS4(−271 kb)|MOCS2(+179.9 kb)| kb)|MOCS2(+179.9 kb)| ITGA2(+194.9 kb)|ITGA1(+336 ITGA2(+194.9 kb)|ITGA1(+ 336 kb)|FST(−191.1 kb) kb)|FST(−191.1 kb) ITGA9(0) rs11716363 3:37504640 ITGA9(0) AGL(+4.508 kb)|SLC35A3(−41.45 kb) chr1:100166675 1:100166675 AGL(+4.508 kb)|SLC35A3(−41.45 kb) NDFIP2(0) rs17071512 13:78960018 NDFIP2(0) PDGFD(0) rs12798294 11:103362906 PDGFD(0) ZWINT(−308.1 kb) chr10:57479107 10:57479107 ZWINT(−308.1 kb) FOXF1(−172.4 kb) rs12926103 16:84929276 FOXF1(−172.4 kb) RREB1(0) rs1360751 6:7152544 RREB1(0) ROD1(0) rs10739343 9:114121319 ROD1(0) TRA2A, IGF2BP3, CLK2P rs10280782 7:23550807 TRA2A, IGF2BP3, CLK2P rs11854497 15:59828725 TUBB1(−48.54 kb)|TH1L(−10.54 20:56979160 TUBB1(−48.54 kb)|TH1L(−10.54 kb)|STX16(+291.2 kb) rs235195 kb)|STX16(+291.2 kb) |SLMO2(−62.43 kb)|NPEPL1(+254.9 |SLMO2(−62.43 kb)|NPEPL1(+254.9 kb)|GNAS(+59.52 kb)|CTSZ kb)|GNAS(+59.52 kb)|CTSZ (−24.47 kb)|ATP5E(−57.97 kb) (−24.47 kb)|ATP5E(−57.97 kb) AEBP2(+312 kb) rs1492116 12:19878442 AEBP2(+312 kb) KLF6(+127.8 kb) rs11592003 10:3945290 KLF6(+127.8 kb) SDCCAG10(0) rs10067691 5:64292165 SDCCAG10(0) ODZ2(−1511 kb) chr5:165133520 5:165133520 ODZ2(−1511 kb) NUTF2(0) rs2271293 16:66459571 NUTF2(0) HNF4A(0) rs1800961 20:42475778 HNF4A(0) CASP4(−133.1 kb) chr11:104185708 11:104185708 CASP4(−133.1 kb) ZNF692(+10.26 kb)|SH3B rs6587759 1:247130153 ZNF692(+10.26 kb)|SH3B P5L(+43.38 kb)|PGBD2(−36.91 kb)| P5L(+43.38 kb)|PGBD2(−36.91 kb)| MRPS24 rs2730613 7:43880667 MRPS24 SGCZ(0) rs10503493 8:14247492 SGCZ(0) PCIF1(0) rs7679 20:44009909 PCIF1(0) XYLT1(0) chr16:17310751 16:17310751 XYLT1(0) TBX20(+335.4 kb)|SEPT7(−212 rs343718 7:35595154 TBX20(+335.4 kb)|SEPT7(−212 kb)|HERPUD2(−43.64 kb) kb)|HERPUD2(−43.64 kb) FSTL5(0) rs17639345 4:162971300 FSTL5(0) SLC1A1 rs10815017 9:4536594 SLC1A1 rs2803544 10:88396729 rs9997006 4:182181154 rs10233234 7:23498756 DAB1(−16.87 rs1418473 1:57219300 DAB1(−16.87 kb)|C8B(+15.02 kb)|C kb)|C8B(+15.02 kb)|C 8A(+62.82 kb) 8A(+62.82 kb) FAM113B rs11183802 12:45893566 FAM113B rs10089310 8:128550166 ZC3H7A(+30.67 kb)|TXND rs2024393 16:11814579 ZC3H7A(+30.67 kb)|TXND C11(+70.43 kb)|TNFRSF1 C11(+70.43 kb)|TNFRSF1 7(−151.9 7(−151.9 kb)|SNN(+134.1 kb)| kb)|SNN(+134.1 kb)| RUNDC2A(−163.5 RUNDC2A(−163.5 kb)|RSL1D1(−20.98 kb)|RSL1D1(−20.98 kb)|GSPT1(−54.91 kb) kb)|GSPT1(−54.91 kb) LILRB3 rs7260457 19:59425996 LILRB3 PLN(+129.5 kb)|MCM9(−155.7 chr6:119117772 6:119117772 PLN(+129.5 kb)|MCM9(−155.7 kb)|ASF1A(−145.9 kb) kb)|ASF1A(−145.9 kb) rs7973431 12:92165329 ELTD1(+115.3 kb) rs17408651 1:79360392 ELTD1(+115.3 kb) DDAH1(+53.95 kb)|CYR61 chr1:85757359 1:85757359 DDAH1(+53.95 kb)|CYR61 (−61.69 kb) (−61.69 kb) upstream AK125078 rs1326005 1:5303445 upstream AK125078 rs11736266 4:165142286 A2ML1(0) chr12:8919954 12:8919954 A2ML1(0) FADS1(0) rs174547 11:61327359 FADS1(0) rs4939883 18:45421212 ARL5B(+385.1 kb) rs11596472 10:19392088 ARL5B(+385.1 kb) rs964184 11:116154127 ATP8B4(0) chr15:47957127 15:47957127 ATP8B4(0) downstream AK058053 rs4771513 13:105365389 downstream AK058053 rs7317763 13:83069357 OR7C1(+3.191 kb)|OR7A5 chr19:14775139 19:14775139 OR7C1(+3.191 kb)|OR7A5 (−23 kb) (−23 kb) upstream QSER1 rs4755455 11:32859894 upstream QSER1 rs7973032 12:80847264 MGAT5B(+25.65 kb) chr17:72483712 17:72483712 MGAT5B(+25.65 kb) COL5A2(alpha 2 type V rs10207860 2:189854831 COL5A2(alpha 2 type V collagen preprotein) collagen preprotein) SCARB1 rs5888 12:123850701 SCARB1 BC034940 rs2032794 5:86468373 BC034940 NETO1 rs11876415 18:68641554 NETO1 GREM1(0) rs3743105 15:30811243 GREM1(0) rs2469875 18:36481096 ODZ3(−1293 kb) chr4:182189551 4:182189551 ODZ3(−1293 kb) ZBTB20(+12.48 kb) chr3:116361297 3:116361297 ZBTB20(+12.48 kb) SESN1(0) rs13192030 6:109470664 SESN1(0) ZHX2(−341.2 kb) chr8:123521912 8:123521912 ZHX2(−341.2 kb) GALNT2(0) rs4846914 1:228362314 GALNT2(0) PRR5(−270.7 rs135912 22:43172593 PRR5(−270.7 kb)|PARVB(+276.2 kb)|PARVB(+276.2 kb)|PARVG(+238.7 kb)|LDO kb)|PARVG(+238.7 kb)|LDO C1L(−94.52 C1L(−94.52 kb)|KIAA1644(+132.5 kb) kb)|KIAA1644(+132.5 kb) FGGY(−58.3 kb) chr1:59476907 1:59476907 FGGY(−58.3 kb) USH2A(+36.74 kb)|TGFB2 rs6679773 1:214700097 USH2A(+36.74 kb)|TGFB2 (−1886 kb)|SPATA17(−1171 (−1886 kb)|SPATA17(−1171 kb)|RRP15(−1825 kb)|PTPN14(+1909 kb)|RRP15(−1825 kb)|PTPN14(+1909 kb)|KCTD3(+838.3 kb)|KCNK kb)|KCTD3(+838.3 kb)|KCNK 2(+1223 kb)|GPATCH2(−970.4 2(+1223 kb)|GPATCH2(−970.4 kb)|ESRRG(−43.11 kb)|ESRRG(−43.11 kb)|CENPF(+1796 kb) kb)|CENPF(+1796 kb) rs958646 20:4486243 FAM19A5 rs5771717 22:47467676 FAM19A5 TNRC6C(+225.5 kb)|TMC8 rs16971055 17:73838135 TNRC6C(+225.5 kb)|TMC8 (+187.5 kb)|TMC6(+198.1 (+187.5 kb)|TMC6(+198.1 kb)|TK1(+143.3 kb)|SYNGR kb)|TK1(+143.3 kb)|SYNGR 2(+157.5 kb)|SOCS3(−26.32 2(+157.5 kb)|SOCS3(−26.32 kb)|PGS1(−48.19 kb)|PGS1(−48.19 kb)|BIRC5(+104.8 kb) kb)|BIRC5(+104.8 kb) |AFMID(+122.8 kb) |AFMID(+122.8 kb) rs16924889 10:24883792 WDFY3(+99.94 kb) chr4:86206508 4:86206508 WDFY3(+99.94 kb) NPLOC4(0) rs4073997 17:77136846 NPLOC4(0) ISX(+77.68 kb)|HMG2L1(−92.42 chr22:33891064 22:33891064 ISX(+77.68 kb)|HMG2L1(−92.42 kb) kb) KCTD10(0) rs2338104 12:108379551 KCTD10(0) RHO(−139 kb)|MBD4(−41.36 rs12632105 3:130591125 RHO(−139 kb)|MBD4(−41.36 kb)|IFT122(−50.53 kb)|IFT122(−50.53 kb)|H1FX(+73.32 kb)| kb)|H1FX(+73.32 kb)| COPG(+111.8 kb) COPG(+111.8 kb) DAB1(0) rs11207037 1:57677552 DAB1(0) rs12678919 8:19888502 DKFZp667G2110(0) rs7623235 3:99135842 DKFZp667G2110(0) HIBADH(−56.23 kb) rs17155281 7:27475356 HIBADH(−56.23 kb) rs9475939 6:57396889 ROBO3(−27.68 kb)|C11orf61(+37.3 chr11:124212812 11:124212812 ROBO3(−27.68 kb)|C11orf61(+37.3 kb) kb) rs2967605 19:8375738 INDO(+194.4 kb) chr8:40099493 8:40099493 INDO(+194.4 kb) TAS2R42(+2.424 kb) chr12:11233234 12:11233234 TAS2R42(+2.424 kb) ENPP3(0) rs5015852 6:132002096 ENPP3(0) rs2453727 1:185513773 TTC39B(0) rs471364 9:15279578 TTC39B(0) DYSF(0) rs13402171 2:71597893 DYSF(0) 

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of screening for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a human subject, the method comprising: determining a risk of a subject developing AMD by analyzing a sample obtained from the subject for the presence of at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) gene region, the at least one SNP comprising rs4711751 or a proxy for rs4711751, the presence of a SNP being indicative of an increased risk of the subject developing AMD.
 2. A method of screening for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a human subject, the method comprising: determining a risk of AMD progression in a subject by analyzing a sample obtained from the subject for the presence of at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) gene region, the at least one SNP comprising rs4711751 or a proxy for rs4711751, the presence of a SNP being indicative of an increased risk of the subject developing an advanced form of AMD.
 3. A method of screening for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a human subject, the method comprising: determining a risk of a subject developing AMD by analyzing a sample obtained from the subject for the presence of at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the growth/differentiation factor 6 (GDF6) gene region, the at least one SNP comprising rs6982567 or a proxy for rs6982567, the presence of a SNP being indicative of an increased risk of the subject developing AMD.
 4. A method of screening for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a human subject, the method comprising: determining a risk of AMD progression in a subject by analyzing a sample obtained from the subject for the presence of at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in the growth/differentiation factor 6 (GDF6) gene region, the at least one SNP comprising rs6982567 or a proxy for rs6982567, the presence of a SNP being indicative of an increased risk of the subject developing an advanced form of AMD.
 5. A method of screening for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a human subject, the method comprising: determining a risk of a subject developing AMD by analyzing a sample obtained from the subject for the presence of at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) selected from the group consisting of rs4711751, rs1999930, rs13278062, rs1912795, rs2270637, rs6982567, rs12040406, rs1367068, rs1079982, rs59795197, rs1443179, rs7720497, rs61800454, or a proxy therefor, the presence of a SNP being indicative of an increased risk of the subject developing AMD or developing an advanced form of AMD.
 6. A method of screening for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in a human subject, the method comprising: determining a risk of AMD progression in a subject by analyzing a sample obtained from the subject for the presence of at least one single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) identified in Tables 3-9, or a proxy therefor, the presence of a SNP being indicative of an increased risk of the subject developing AMD or developing an advanced form of AMD.
 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the analyzing comprises (i) combining a nucleic acid sample from the subject with one or more polynucleotide probes capable of hybridizing selectively to a VEGFA gene allele, or a proxy therefor, and (ii) detecting the presence or absence of hybridization.
 8. The method of claim 6 wherein the analyzing comprises (i) combining a nucleic acid sample from the subject with one or more polynucleotide probes capable of hybridizing selectively to a GDF6 gene allele, or a proxy therefor, and (ii) detecting the presence or absence of hybridization.
 9. The method of claim 7 wherein the probes are oligonucleotides capable of priming polynucleotide synthesis in an amplification reaction.
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the subject is asymptomatic at the time of screening.
 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the SNP is detected in a haplotype comprising the SNP.
 12. The method of claim 1, comprising screening for a specific subtype of AMD.
 13. The method of claim 12, wherein the subtype is selected from the group consisting of early AMD, geographic atrophy, exudative AMD (CNV or neovascular disease), and combinations thereof.
 14. The method of claim 1, wherein the presence of at least one SNP is determined using a microarray.
 15. The method of claim 1, wherein the presence of at least one SNP is determined by sequencing.
 16. The method of claim 1, wherein the proxy is in linkage disequilibrium with the SNP.
 17. A diagnostic system comprising: an array of polynucleotides comprising one or more of SEQ ID NOS:1-16, the polynucleotides comprising at least six or more contiguous nucleotides, and the polynucleotides comprising an allelic polymorphism, an array reader, an image processor, a database having AMD allelic data records and patient information records, a processor, and an information output, wherein the system compiles and processes patient data and outputs information relating to the statistical probability of the patient developing AMD.
 18. A method of using the diagnostic system of claim 17, comprising contacting a subject sample or portion thereof to the diagnostic array under high stringency hybridization conditions; inputting patient information into the system; and obtaining from the system information relating to the statistical probability of the patient developing AMD.
 19. A method for diagnosing risk of AMD or severe forms of AMD in a human subject, the method comprising combining genetic risk with behavioral risk, wherein the genetic risk is determined by detecting in a sample obtained from a subject the presence or absence of a single nucleotide polymorphism SNP listed in Tables 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, or 10, or proxy therefor, wherein the presence of the allele is indicative of an increased risk of the subject developing AMD or a severe form of AMD.
 20. The method of claim 19, wherein a behavioral risk is assessed by determining if the subject exhibits a behavior or trait selected from the group consisting of: obesity, smoking, vitamin and dietary supplement intake, use of alcohol or drugs, poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle. 